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Beirut: US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Wednesday that the war in Gaza would go on after Hamas proposed “numerous” changes to a US-backed cease-fire plan, some that he said were

Beirut: Lebanon’s Hezbollah fired a massive barrage of rockets into northern Israel on Wednesday to avenge the killing of a top commander, further escalating regional tensions as the fate of an internationally-backed

United Nations:  Violence against children caught in multiplying and escalating conflicts reached “extreme levels” in 2023, with an unprecedented number of killings and injuries in crises, from Israel and the Palestinian territories

Geneva:  UN-backed human rights experts say in a report issued Wednesday that Israeli forces and Palestinian militants engaged in sexual and gender-based violence during the first months of the Israel-Hamas war. The

United Nations: The UN Security Council on Monday overwhelmingly approved its first resolution endorsing a cease-fire plan aimed at ending the eight-month war between Israel and Hamas in Gaza. The US-sponsored resolution

Cairo: A boat carrying migrants sank off the coast of Yemen, leaving at least 49 dead and 140 missing, the UN’s International Organization for Migration said Tuesday. The boat was carrying some

Jerusalem:  Hamas said that one of its commanders in the occupied West Bank was killed in a clash with Israeli forces, while Israel said four soldiers were killed in an explosion in

Tel Aviv:  Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Tuesday that the UN Security Council’s vote in favour of a US-backed proposal for a cease-fire in Gaza made it “as clear as it