In his annual “Urbi et Orbi” address, Francis called for the release of Israeli hostages while also urging an end to the military campaign in Gaza.

Sometimes this was self-sabotaged by outbreaks of strident unilateralism, such as George W. Bush’s attack on Iraq in 2003.

Listen to a reading of this article (reading by Tim Foley): When Israeli president Isaac Herzog described the assault on Gaza as a war “to save Western civilization, to save the values of Western civilization,” he wasn’t really lying. He was telling the truth — just maybe not quite in the way that h...

Ukrainian president suggests his country could mobilise 500,000 more people in order to fight Russian invasion.

As Israel continues to massacre hundreds of Gazans each day and starve the entire population of 2.2 million, a series of high-level US officials are traveling to Israel to coordinate American support for the genocide and prepare a military escalation throughout the Middle East.

As Israel continues to massacre hundreds of Gazans each day and starve the entire population of 2.2 million, a series of high-level US officials are traveling to Israel to coordinate American support for the genocide and prepare a military escalation throughout the Middle East.

Nearly half of the air-to-ground munitions that Israel has used in Gaza in its war with Hamas since October 7 have been unguided, otherwise known as “dumb bombs,” according to a new US intelligence assessment.

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Zara pulled an advertising campaign featuring mannequins with missing limbs and statues wrapped in white from the front page of its website and app on Monday after it prompted calls by some pro-Palestine activists for a boycott of the fashion retailer.

Kyiv’s counter-offensive has ended in failure. This could be Nato’s Suez moment

The United States and China are yet to resume the military-to-military talks their leaders agreed to at a splashy summit last month, according to the White House, which wants to jumpstart the discussions to lower tensions.

‘We have underscored to the Israeli government the need to do more,’ Antony Blinken says during announcement

‘At some point we will no longer be any different from Russia, where everything depends on the whim of one man,’ claims former heavyweight boxing champion

As Israel’s war with Hamas spreads into Gaza’s south, top officials at the United Nations describe “apocalyptic” scenes.

Mounting evidence proves that we cannot believe anything our officials say about the futility of negotiations.

Khitam Attaallah Elian from west London says she wants to bring her surviving loved ones to safety.