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Fuel flows back into Gaza after Israeli war cabinet decision
The first delivery of fuel arrived in Gaza Friday after Israel's war cabinet bowed to diplomatic pressure to let diesel back into the war-torn Palestinian territory, where aid schemes are shut down amid critical shortages
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Singer Cassie, Sean Combs settle lawsuit alleging rape: US media
Singer Cassie and rap mogul Sean Combs have reached a settlement "amicably" a day after she filed a lawsuit accusing him of rape and physical abuse, US media reported late Friday.
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White House condemns Musk's 'abhorrent promotion' of anti-Semitism
Referring to a Musk post on X, formerly called Twitter, in which he endorsed an anti-Semitic conspiracy theory, White House spokesman Andrew Bates said it was "unacceptable" to repeat such a "hideous lie."
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Mother of French teen killed by police calls for new protests
Nahel's mother Mounia called for protests in Nanterre on Sunday afternoon after French authorities released the policeman charged with murdering her son from pre-trial custody Wednesday.
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Israel strikes hit near Damascus: Syrian state media
Israel has targeted Syria several times in the past weeks as regional tensions simmer over the Israel-Hamas war in the Gaza Strip.
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UK's Cameron vows military support on surprise Ukraine visit
Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky thanked Cameron for making the trip while the world's attention was increasingly focused on the fighting between US-ally Israel's army and Hamas.
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UK says reworked migrants treaty with Rwanda ready in 'days'
The new treaty, which would then take at least three weeks to be approved by UK lawmakers, follows a Supreme Court ruling Wednesday that the current deal between the two countries should not go ahead.
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UK's Cameron vows military support on surprise Kyiv visit
Former prime minister Cameron was in Kyiv on his first visit abroad as foreign minister of the UK, which has been a staunch military and political ally of Ukraine since the Russian invasion.
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Kenya's parliament approves Haiti police deployment
The UN Security Council gave the go-ahead in early October for the Kenya-led mission to help the overwhelmed Haitian police battle rampant gang violence.
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25 dead, dozens hospitalised in China building fire: state media
The fire started at a four-floor building belonging to the Yongju coal company in Shanxi province's Luliang city on Wednesday, State media said, citing local authorities.
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Israeli opposition leader calls on Netanyahu to resign 'immediately'
Four days after Hamas's surprise October 7 attack on Israel, Netanyahu and another opposition leader, Benny Gantz, announced an agreement to form an "emergency government" for the duration of the war.
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Under pressure, Central Asia migrants leaving Russia over Ukraine war
Life for many Central Asian migrants in Russia after it invaded Ukraine was not the same: wages were falling, and men faced a danger of being sent by Moscow to the front.
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Gaza cancer patients arrive in Turkey for treatment
Israel has vowed to destroy Hamas in response to its attacks on October 7, which killed an estimated 1,200 people, mostly civilians, and saw 240 hostages taken to Gaza.
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Pro-Palestinian protest turns violent at US Democratic HQ
Calling for a ceasefire and an end to military activity by Israel in the Gaza Strip, pro-Palestine supporters on Wednesday clashed with police at the headquarters in a melee that forced a lockdown of nearby offices of the US Congress.
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Israeli troops raid Gaza's main hospital
The operation at Gaza City's Al-Shifa hospital brings to a head weeks of growing concern for the people trapped inside in grim conditions, and marks a key objective for Israel's campaign to destroy Hamas.
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France issues arrest warrant for Syria's Assad: plaintiffs
France has issued an international arrest warrant for Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, accused of complicity in crimes against humanity over chemical attacks in 2013, a judicial source and plaintiffs in the case said Wednesday.
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Indian rescuers send medicine to tunnel workers trapped for four days
Excavators have been removing debris since Sunday morning from the site in the Himalayan state of Uttarakhand to create an escape tunnel for the workers, all of whom are still alive.
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Biden believes deal on Hamas hostages 'going to happen'
Biden said that he was in discussions with the ‘people involved’ daily, but offered no specifics on the potential deal, telling the families of those being held by the Palestinian militant group to ‘hang in there’.
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Israeli troops storm Gaza hospital
The Israel Defense Forces said its troops were carrying out "a precise and targeted operation against Hamas in a specified area" of the facility.
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China, US to launch working group on climate action
Xi Jinping and Joe Biden will huddle on the sidelines of the APEC summit in California for their first encounter in a year as trade tensions, sanctions and the question of Taiwan fuelled quarrels between Washington and Beijing.
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Japan women prisoners suffer serious abuse, says Human Rights Watch
The NGO alleged that among the abuses women incarcerated in Japan were facing included being handcuffed during pregnancy, being separated from newborn babies, and elderly inmates being insufficiently cared for.
