The United States has vetoed a UN Security Council resolution that called for an immediate, unconditional and permanent ceasefire in Gaza, on the grounds it would not have secured the release of hostages.
"We made clear throughout negotiations we (...)
Israel's military has issued 1,126 arrest warrants for ultra-Orthodox conscripts who have not responded to drafting orders, in a move likely to fuel discontent over a controversial decision to remove their decades-long exemption from service.
Brig. (...)
It's the first time that Francis has openly urged for an investigation of genocide allegations over Israel's actions in the Gaza Strip. In September, he said Israel's attacks in Gaza and Lebanon have been "immoral" and disproportionate, and that its (...)
Efforts for a ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah have intensified, with Lebanon's government expected to respond to a draft deal presented by the US, amid an escalation of Israel's air attacks across the country.
The strikes in the past week, (...)
RIYADH — The second meeting of the Saudi-Chinese-Iranian Tripartite Joint Committee to Follow Up on the Beijing Agreement welcomed the continuous progress in Saudi-Iranian relations. It also called for an immediate end to the Israeli aggression on (...)
Hezbollah's media chief Mohammed Afif has been killed in an Israeli strike in central Beirut, the Lebanese militant group has confirmed.
A strike hit the headquarters of the Baath political party in the densely populated Ras al-Naba neighborhood on (...)
RIO DE JANEIRO — Saudi Minister of Foreign Affairs Prince Faisal bin Farhan emphasized that the ongoing Israeli aggression on Gaza and Lebanon has caused unprecedented levels of human suffering, pushing the region to the brink of a wider war and (...)
Israeli police announced on Saturday that two flares were detected near Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's residence in Caesarea, northern Israel.
"Around 19:30 Tel Aviv time (1730GMT), two flares were detected that were fired near the Prime (...)
Israeli warplanes launched a series of heavy airstrikes on Haret Hreik, a neighborhood in Beirut's southern suburb, early Saturday, according to Lebanon's National News Agency.
The Israeli army issued evacuation orders to residents of buildings in (...)
PARIS — Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan met with Jean-Noël Barrot, Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs of France, in Paris for a working lunch on Friday.
During the meeting, the two ministers discussed relations between their (...)
An Israeli air strike on an emergency response center in north-eastern Lebanon on Thursday killed at least 15 rescue workers, officials say, in one of the deadliest attacks of its kind involving Lebanese emergency responders in the war.
The strike (...)
The head of the International Atomic Energy Agency has warned that the "space for negotiation and diplomacy...is getting smaller" over Iran's advancing atomic program as conflicts in the Middle East rage on and Donald Trump gears up to return to the (...)
A brief scuffle broke out in the stands as Israeli soccer fans returned to Europe, but a heavy security presence in Paris ensured there was no repeat of the large-scale violence seen in Amsterdam last week.
Thousands of extra security personnel were (...)
Fifteen people were killed and 16 others injured in Israeli strikes on Damascus in Syria marking one of the deadliest strikes in months to hit the Syrian capital, state media SANA said citing a military source and
The strikes targeted several (...)
Israel's military ground operation in southern Lebanon has been expanded, the country's defense minister Israel Katz said on Wednesday.
Katz did not clarify when the decision to expand operations was taken and did not offer any details on what the (...)
The United Nations has accused Israel of "severe violations" of a 50-year-old agreement with Syria, saying it has engaged in "engineering groundwork activities" that encroach on a key buffer zone in the Golan Heights.
"Violations of the 1974 (...)
Thousands of police are being deployed in Paris to ensure security at Thursday's France-Israel football international, a week after violence in Amsterdam in which Maccabi Tel Aviv fans came under attack.
Paris police chief Laurent Nuñez said that (...)
WASHINGTON — King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Center (KSrelief) Supervisor General Dr. Abdullah Al-Rabeeah said that as many as 170 countries have benefited from the humanitarian and relief assistance, amounting to $133 billion, provided by (...)
The Biden administration said on Tuesday that Israel made good but limited progress in increasing the flow of humanitarian aid to Gaza, and that it, therefore, would not limit arms transfers to Israel as it threatened to do a month ago.
However, (...)
Amidst the challenges facing the Islamic and Arab world, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia renews its leadership role by hosting the Arab-Islamic Summit in Riyadh.
This summit comes at a critical time, as political and security crises escalate across the (...)
RIYADH — The Saudi Council of Ministers praised the results of Monday's Extraordinary Arab-Islamic Summit, hoping that it would contribute to strengthening joint action and continuing cooperation with the international community to stop the war on (...)
RIYADH — The Extraordinary Arab-Islamic summit, which concluded in Riyadh on Monday, underlined the need to mobilize international support to freeze Israel's participation in the United Nations General Assembly and its affiliated bodies. It also (...)
RIYADH — Crown Prince and Prime Minister Mohammed bin Salman reaffirmed his country's absolute rejection of the ongoing Israeli aggression on Gaza and Lebanon.
Inaugurating the Extraordinary Arab-Islamic Summit in Riyadh on Monday, he also called on (...)
Israel has for the first time confirmed that it was behind the operation in September to detonate hundreds of pagers used by Hezbollah in Lebanon.
The Israeli media on Sunday reported that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told his cabinet: "The (...)
RIYADH — The Secretary-General of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), Hissein Taha, affirmed that the convening of the Extraordinary Arab and Islamic Summit in Riyadh is a direct response to the ongoing atrocities and genocide being (...)
