Middle East
Hezbollah vows to punish Israel after pager explosions across Lebanon
By Laila Bassam Reuters Militant group Hezbollah promised to retaliate against Israel after accusing it of detonating pagers across Lebanon on Tuesday, ...Israeli airstrikes kill 16 in Gaza, including 4 children
By The Associated Press Gaza rescuers and medics said Israeli air strikes killed at least 18 people across the Palestinian territory overnight, including ...Houthi missile from Yemen hits central Israel
BY NATALIE MELZER and OHAD ZWIGENBERG AP A missile fired by Yemen’s Iran-backed rebels landed in an open area in central Israel ...Hamas says ready to implement ceasefire without new conditions
The Palestinian Hamas group said on Wednesday that its negotiators reiterated its readiness to implement an “immediate” ceasefire with Israel in Gaza ...Dozens killed as Israeli strikes on Gaza humanitarian zone spark desperate search for buried victims
At least 40 people were killed and 60 wounded, local news agency WAFA said, in an Israeli strike early Tuesday that left ...Jordan closes bridge with West Bank after shooting incident
Jordan has closed the King Hussein bridge crossing with the occupied West Bank as it investigates a shooting incident in which three ...Gaza war in its 12th month with truce hopes slim
The war between Israel and Hamas in Gaza entered its 12 month Saturday with little sign of respite for the Palestinian territory ...Palestinian children in south Gaza receive polio vaccinations amid continued war
By Nidal Al-Mughrabi and Mohammad Salem Reuters Crowds of Palestinians gathered at medical centers in the south of the embattled Gaza Strip ...Oil power UAE completes Arab world’s first nuclear plant
The oil-rich United Arab Emirates on Thursday announced the completion of the Arab world’s first nuclear power plant, calling it a “significant ...Hamas says Gaza captives will return ‘in coffins’ if Israel continues raids
The armed wing of the Palestinian group Hamas says captives held in Gaza would return to Israel “in coffins” if Israeli military ...














