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The U.S. stepped up attacks on armed groups in Syria over the weekend, while Israel continued to strike a militia in Lebanon, in a reminder of the risk of a wider conflict as Israel pushes deeper into Gaza in its fight a…

Israeli Forces Near a Struggling Hospital They Say Covers a Hamas Complex With Israel consolidating its hold on northern Gaza, its forces are closing in on a sprawling medical center that for Israelis and Palestinians al…

Across Europe, thousands call for cease-fire in Gaza. In Berlin, Barcelona and cities across Europe, demonstrators on Saturday filled the streets, forced their way into transit stations and occasionally clashed with the…

Here are some of the stories we're covering from around the world: Thousands Wait at Ukraine Border After Polish Truckers Blockade It Thousands of trucks were lined up at border crossings between Ukraine and Poland on Fr…

At least one blast hit inside the Al Shifa complex, Gaza’s largest hospital, on Friday, as fighting between Israel and Hamas intensified inside Gaza City. Videos showed what appeared to be a projectile flying into the ho…

Here are some of the stories we're covering from around the world: Russia Steps Up Efforts to Lure Wagner Veterans Back Into Ukraine War A force led by President Vladimir Putin’s former bodyguard is trying to recruit vet…

Overcrowding, deteriorating hygiene and lack of access to water, sanitation and health care are putting people in Gaza at risk of a rapid spread of infectious diseases, the WHO warned, saying it had already seen an incre…

Hamas is discussing the possible release of a few hostages in exchange for a brief pause in fighting, officials say. Discussions are underway for Hamas to release a small number of hostages, including some Americans, in…

Here are some of the stories we're covering from around the world: Israel and Hamas Nearly Struck a Deal to Free Up to 50 Hostages Indirect talks mediated by Qatar snagged after Israel’s ground invasion of Gaza on Oct. 2…

G7 foreign ministers called for “humanitarian pauses” in the fighting in Gaza in order to allow more aid to enter and to help protect Palestinian civilians. The statement, released after a two-day meeting in Tokyo, added…

The Israeli military outlined its latest actions inside Gaza City. Israeli forces continued to advance inside Gaza City on Tuesday after encircling the area over the past few days, Israeli authorities said, as their grou…

Here are some of the stories we're covering from around the world: Portugal’s Prime Minister Resigns Unexpectedly Prime Minister António Costa of Portugal resigned unexpectedly on Tuesday, hours after the police raided g…

Israel will need to oversee the security of Gaza “for an indefinite period” once the war with Hamas is over, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said. The UN secretary general, António Guterres, said that 89 employees of t…

Iran’s leader stresses ties with Iraq a day after a new U.S. warning against widening the Israel-Hamas war. Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, met on Monday in Tehran with Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Suda…

Here are some of the stories we're covering from around the world: Five Wounded as Russian Missiles Strike Odesa, Damaging an Art Museum A day after Ukraine damaged a Russian naval vessel in an airstrike on Crimea, Russi…

Israel said its forces were carrying out “a significant operation” in Gaza on Sunday, as the entire enclave was plunged into the same kind of communications blackout that cut it off from the world during Israel’s initial…

Third Communications Blackout Hits Gaza Gaza was plunged into a communications blackout on Sunday for the third time in 10 days, again leaving its people without access to internet or phone services as night fell and Isr…

Thousands protest in Tel Aviv, demanding the Israeli government do more to bring home the hostages held in Gaza. Thousands gathered in front of the central military headquarters in Tel Aviv on Saturday night to call on t…

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U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken arrived in the Middle East on Friday. He is expected to push Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for “humanitarian pauses” in military operations against Hamas in Gaza. Follow updates…

Here are some of the stories we're covering from around the world: Ukraine’s Top Commander Says War Has Hit a ‘Stalemate’ Ukraine’s top commander has acknowledged that his forces are locked in a “stalemate” with Russia a…

Rescue efforts continued in the densely populated Jabaliya neighborhood of Gaza after two days of Israeli airstrikes. About 400 Americans were on a list of foreign and dual nationals set to evacuate from Gaza to Egypt on…

Here are some of the stories we're covering from around the world: Frustrated Zelensky Says Ukraine’s War Effort Is Being Underestimated President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine has expressed frustration over what he has…

Breaking News: Some dual nationals and injured Palestinians arrived in Egypt from Gaza, Egyptian state-owned TV said, after intense diplomatic talks. Follow updates on the Israel-Hamas war.

The fate of many Gazans lies with the Rafah crossing, and Egypt. On the far side of the Sinai Peninsula, about a six-hour drive from Cairo through a largely empty Egyptian desert, the Rafah crossing is a dun-colored expa…