Government And Politics
Israel’s military says it targeted 'Hamas compound' in a school. Hamas-linked media says 39 killed
Israel’s military says it targeted what it called a “Hamas compound” inside of a school in the Gaza Strip, an attack Hamas-affiliated media there reported killed at least 39 people
Emirati leader meets with Taliban official facing $10 million US bounty over attacks
The leader of the United Arab Emirates has met with an official in the Taliban government still wanted by the United States on an up-to $10 million bounty over his involvement in an attack that killed an American citizen and other assaults
Famine is possibly underway in northern Gaza despite recent aid efforts, a new report warns
A new report by an independent group of experts says it's possible that famine is underway in northern Gaza, but that the war between Israel and Hamas and restrictions on humanitarian access have impeded data collection to prove it
Pro-Kurdish lawmakers stage protest in Turkey's parliament to denounce the ouster of a new mayor
More than a dozen legislators from Turkey’s pro-Kurdish party have staged a demonstration in parliament to denounce the arrest and expulsion from office of a newly elected mayor
Cyprus president says a buffer zone splitting the island won't become another migrant route
The president of Cyprus says he won’t “open another route” for irregular migration by letting through more than two dozen asylum-seekers now stranded in a U.N.-controlled buffer zone that bisects the war-divided island nation
Israel confirms deaths of 4 more hostages, including 3 older men who appeared in video
The Israeli military on Monday confirmed the deaths of four more hostages held by Hamas -- including three elderly men seen in a Hamas video begging for their release
Iran's hard-line parliament speaker Mohammad Bagher Qalibaf registers for the country's June 28 presidential election
Iran's hard-line parliament speaker Mohammad Bagher Qalibaf registers for the country's June 28 presidential election
Egypt’s prime minister is reappointed to form a new government
Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah el-Sissi has reappointed Prime Minister Mustafa Madbouly to form a new government
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Condemnations mount over Israeli proposal to label UN aid agency a terrorist group
Qatar and Saudi Arabia have condemned an Israeli parliamentary bill that seeks to label UNRWA, the main provider of aid to Palestinians in Gaza, a terrorist group