A "mutual and simultaneous" ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas reached with Egypt mediation took effect at 2 a...

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres welcomed a cease-fire between Gaza and Israel on Thursday and urged all sides to observe the truce...

Both Israel and Hams have issued statements confirming ceasefire/ truce starting in three hours.    Egyptian television announced that President Sisi ordered sending security delegations to Israel and the Palestinian territories to wo...

According to a new analysis Thursday, people displaced in their homelands due to war, other violence and natural disasters reached a 10-year high in 2020, even with travel restrictions related to COVID-19...

The European Commission signed a new contract with pharmaceutical companies BioNTech and Pfizer to buy up to 1...

Hours after U.S. President Joe Biden told Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that he expects fighting to de-escalate in Gaza, Israel and the Palestinian militant group Hamas traded attacks overnight and into Thursday morning as the situation c...

Saudi Finance Minister Mohammed Al-Jadaan affirmed the Kingdom’s commitment to work with Sudan to renegotiate the African nation’s debts with China, Kuwait, the UAE and Japan, Sudan News Agency (SUNA) reported...

A Yemeni Public Health official said Houthi militants blocked the delivery of a shipment of coronavirus vaccines to areas under their control, state agency Saba News reported...

Egypt has discussed expanding military relations with Cyprus and Greece within the framework of continued coordination between them...

Morocco's latest decision to allow thousands of migrants to enter the Spanish enclave has added strain between the two sides, with the European Union calling the move "blackmail"...

In any other circumstances, the major American news media and journalism associations would stand united in condemning a foreign country’s targeting of a media building during any conflict or military assault...

Colombia's wave of anti-government protests has entered their fourth week, as unions, student groups and others turned out at marches to demand social change amid intermittent talks between the government and strike organisers...

A flurry of telephone diplomacy from top US officials to Israeli and regional leaders has failed to move Tel Aviv towards accepting a ceasefire amid its ongoing offensive on the Gaza Strip...

Israeli strikes on Gaza have killed seven people including a disabled man, his pregnant wife and their three-year-old child, the health ministry said...

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday said that Jordan and Russia maintain a multifaceted political dialogue, including at the top level...

A total of 38,661 teachers have received the first dose of COVID vaccine, including the 9,455 who were inoculated on Wednesday, according to the Education Ministry...

President Michel Aoun on Wednesday signed a decree appointing caretaker Defense Minister Zeina Akar as acting Foreign Minister, hours after the resignation of caretaker Foreign Minister Charbel Wehbe over remarks that sparked a diplomatic storm with ...

Israeli forces have shot dead a Palestinian woman allegedly on the grounds that she attempted to attack soldiers in the occupied West Bank...

The UK’s Middle East and North Africa Minister James Cleverly said Wednesday Israel had a “legitimate right to defend itself” in the British government’s most vocal support for Israeli bombardment of Gaza to date...

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and US Secretary of State Antony Blinken held their first in-person talks Wednesday...