Palestinian officials have told WHO that it would be impossible to move vulnerable hospital patients to the southern Gaza Strip, the UN health body said today

Stories of the conflict between Hamas and Israel as they happen

At least 13 Israeli and foreign hostages held in the northern Gaza Strip have been killed in Israeli air strikes in the past 24 hours, Hamas's armed wing said Friday

The first group of around 200 Indians, including students, returned home early today from war-hit Israel

UN urges Israel to call off evacuation order

Secretary of State Antony Blinken vowed unwavering US support for Israel in its war on Hamas after talks Thursday with Prime Minster Benjamin Netanyahu, who promised to "crush" the Palestinian militant group

More than 423,000 people have been forced to flee their homes in the Gaza Strip, the United Nations said, following heavy Israeli bombardments in retaliation for Hamas's attacks

Taiwan’s defence minister said yesterday China has stepped up “military intimidation” this year by flying an increased number of warplanes around the island as well as accelerating the deployment of ballistic missiles.

Former Pakistan prime minister Imran Khan said he is “stronger and fitter than ever” since being jailed two months ago, according to a statement released by his family yesterday.

Most of the 2.3 million people in the Gaza Strip have no electricity and no water. And, with hundreds of Israeli strikes raining down on their tiny enclave, they have nowhere to run.

Saudi Arabia’s de facto ruler and Iran’s president spoke by phone about the war between Israel and Hamas, Saudi state media said yesterday, their first call since a surprise rapprochement in March.

Israel yesterday said there would be no humanitarian exceptions to its siege of the Gaza Strip until all its hostages were freed after the Red Cross pleaded for fuel to be allowed in to prevent overwhelmed hospitals from “turning into morgues”.

A sample collected from the 4.5-billion-year-old asteroid Bennu contains abundant water and carbon, Nasa revealed on Wednesday, offering more evidence for the theory that life on Earth was seeded from outer space.

Russian President Vladimir Putin yesterday called for strengthening military ties with Kyrgyzstan in a trip to the Central Asian country, his first foreign visit since the International Criminal Court issued an arrest warrant for him in March.

Russia pounded port and grain facilities in southern Ukraine yesterday and launched new attacks on the eastern town of Avdiivka in one of its biggest offensive operations in months.

Armenia yesterday accused its rival Azerbaijan of “ethnic cleansing” in Nagorno-Karabakh at the UN’s top court, urging judges to protect the handful of ethnic Armenians still living in the breakaway region.

Israeli strikes targeted Syria’s two main airports yesterday, Syrian state television said, in the first such attack since a Hamas assault on Israel at the weekend triggered fierce fighting.

Stories of the conflict between Hamas and Israel as they happen

The death toll in the Gaza Strip has risen to at least 1,417, the Hamas health ministry said, with dozens killed since this morning following a massive Israeli bombardment of the enclave

Dozens of the United Nations' independent experts today condemned Hamas's "horrific crimes" and said Israel's bombardment of the Gaza Strip "amounts to collective punishment".