4+ hour, 3+ min ago  (473+ words) Turkey yesterday said it was sending charter flights to Israel to repatriate Gaza flotilla activists, after Israeli forces detained them in scenes that sparked international condemnation. "We plan to bring our citizens and participants from third countries to Turkey via…...

5+ day, 4+ hour ago  (326+ words) Israel yesterday launched a series of airstrikes on southern Lebanon, despite the extension of the truce between the two countries. Israel said it was targeting Hezbollah, but the strikes were preceded by an evacuation warning covering nine villages. The continuing…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago  (616+ words) Kuwait on Tuesday said that Iran launched a failed attack earlier this month on an island where China is helping build a port in the Gulf Arab country. Kuwait said that a paramilitary Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps team tried to…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago  (381+ words) Dozens of activists on a Gaza-bound aid flotilla intercepted by Israeli forces off Crete left their boats on Friday, with many taken to hospital on the Greek island while others were flown out. Greek officials said 31 of the roughly 175 activists…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago  (357+ words) The US embassy in Lebanon on Thursday urged a meeting between Lebanese and Israeli leaders as the Lebanese Ministry of Health said Israeli strikes on the country's south killed at least 17 people despite an ongoing ceasefire. Israeli and Lebanese representatives…...

1+ mon, 3+ week ago  (332+ words) Israeli attacks on Iran "will escalate and expand," Israeli Minister of Defense Israel Katz said in a statement yesterday, adding that he and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu "warned the Iranian terrorist regime to stop firing missiles at the civilian…...

2+ mon, 5+ day ago  (310+ words) Taiwanese gymnast Tang Chia-hung () yesterday won gold in the men's horizontal bar event at the FIG Apparatus World Cup in Antalya, Turkey, finishing with a score of 15. 200. Tang earned a difficulty score of 6. 500 and an execution score of 8. 700. Colombia's Angel…...

2+ mon, 2+ week ago  (394+ words) The government has raised its travel warnings for several Middle Eastern countries affected by the ongoing regional conflict, following airstrikes by the US and Israel on Iran over the weekend. The travel alerts for Bahrain, Oman, Kuwait, the United Arab…...

3+ mon, 3+ week ago  (455+ words) Israel on Friday said it would reopen the pedestrian border crossing between the Gaza Strip and Egypt over the weekend, marking an important step forward for US President Donald Trump's Gaza ceasefire plan. The Coordination of Government Activities in the…...

7+ mon, 4+ week ago  (310+ words) An Israeli drone strike in southern Lebanon killed five people on Sunday, including three children, the Lebanese Ministry of Health said. Two others were wounded, including the mother in the family. The Israeli military said it was targeting a Hezbollah…...