Rafah (Gaza Strip):  A shipment of medicine for dozens of hostages held by Hamas was en route to Gaza on Wednesday after France and Qatar mediated the first agreement between...

Bangkok:  An explosion at a fireworks factory in central Thailand killed at least 15 people on Wednesday, a rescue worker said. The exact death toll was not immediately clear, but...

Jerusalem: US Navy SEALs seized Iranian-made missile parts and other weaponry from a ship bound for Yemen's Houthi rebels in a raid last week that saw two of its commandos...

Irbil: Iran fired missiles late on Monday at what it claimed were Israeli “spy headquarters” near the US consulate in the northern Iraqi city of Irbil, and at targets linked...

Abuja: Eight passengers were confirmed dead and an estimated 100 were missing after their overloaded boat capsized in north-central Nigeria, the emergency services said on Tuesday. It is the latest...

Jerusalem: Israeli strikes hit Gaza City and soldiers battled militants in southern Gaza on Monday after the US, its top ally, said it was time to scale back operations. Palestinian...

Jerusalem: The White House said on Sunday that “it's the right time” for Israel to scale back its military offensive in the Gaza Strip, as Israeli leaders again vowed to...

Dubai:  Yemen's Houthi rebels fired an anti-ship cruise missile toward an American destroyer in the Red Sea on Sunday, but a US fighter jet shot it down in the latest...

Washington:  The US military early Saturday struck another Houthi-controlled site in Yemen that it had determined was putting commercial vessels in the Red Sea at risk, two US officials said....

The Hague (Netherlands):  In the second day of hearings Friday at the United Nations' top court, Israel rejected allegations levied by South Africa that its campaign against Hamas amounts to...