The UN Security Council on Monday rejected a Russian resolution condemning spiraling violence in the Middle East, with delegates refusing to back a motion that did not single out Hamas for its surprise attack on Israel that left at least 1,400 people dead

Donald Trump promised on Monday that if elected president again he will bar immigrants who support Hamas from entering the US and send officers to pro-Hamas protests to arrest and deport immigrants who publicly support the Palestinian militant group

Around 500,000 Israelis have been evacuated and displaced in the 10 days since Hamas unleashed the bloodiest attack in the country's history, the Israeli military said Tuesday

US President Joe Biden will visit Israel on Wednesday for talks with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and to make clear Israel has the right to defend itself

A man in a video on social media claimed that he was the assailant and that he was from Islamic State

Israeli forces kept up their bombardment of Gaza yesterday after diplomatic efforts to arrange a ceasefire to allow foreign citizens to leave and aid to be brought into the besieged Palestinian enclave failed.

The most senior EU leader expected to attend the third Belt and Road (BRI) Summit this week is Hungary’s populist Viktor Orban, who will join guests including Russia’s Vladimir Putin and a minister of the Afghan Taliban.

The Chinese Ambassador to Bangladesh Yao Wen has said his country believes that it is a top priority to make all efforts to stop the latest fighting in the Middle East as soon as possible, prevent it from spreading and avoid further deterioration of the situation.

The water level at a major river port in Brazil’s Amazon rainforest hit its lowest point in at least 121 years yesterday, as a historic drought upends the lives of hundreds of thousands of people and damages the jungle ecosystem.

US President Joe Biden condemned the killing of a six-year-old Muslim boy as a “horrific act of hate” on Sunday, after authorities charged the assailant with murder and hate crimes for an attack allegedly linked to the war between Israel and Hamas.

France’s president yesterday called for a “ruthless” government response to those with “terrorist ideologies”, days after a teacher was stabbed to death in what he has called an act of “Islamist terror”.

Amid bombardment in northern Gaza and in the south, hospitals were overwhelmed with patients.

In the southern Gaza Strip, scores of people line up at bathrooms, many of them not having showered for days after Israel cut off water, electricity and food following Hamas’s deadly assault.

Australia’s internet safety watchdog yesterday fined Elon Musk’s X, saying the social media platform had failed to show how it is cracking down on child sexual abuse content.

As Israel prepares for a ground offensive into the Gaza Strip, the international community has mobilised to try to protect civilians and prevent the conflict spreading across the region.

Without food, water, electricity, panic, anger and despair grip Palestinians in Gaza

Seven journalists' groups in India today wrote a joint letter to President Droupadi Murmu drawing her attention to "the use of draconian laws against journalists"

The postponement of a Palestinian author's award ceremony at the Frankfurt Book Fair due to the Israel-Hamas war triggered condemnation Monday from high-profile authors, while several Arab publishing groups withdrew

The Arab League chief demanded Monday an end to military operations in the Gaza Strip and charged that the siege of the enclave is "depriving the Palestinians of their humanity"

Egypt and France's foreign ministers urged Monday the delivery of humanitarian aid and the exit of foreign nationals from the bombarded Gaza Strip, on the tenth day of war between Israel and Hamas