Nearly 50 Palestinians killed as Israel continues attacks on Gaza on 2nd day of Eid

Nearly 50 Palestinians were killed and around 100 more injured on the second day of Eid al-Adha in Israeli forces' airstrikes and gunfire in several areas of the Gaza Strip that began early Saturday morning, according to Anadolu Agency. Medical...

Minority-focused blood drive held in Fort Wayne Saturday supporting sickle cell disease patients

FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WPTA) - A minority-focused blood drive was held in Fort Wayne Saturday, ahead of World Sickle Cell Day on June 19. From 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., community members were invited to the Anthis Career Center on donote blood. According to...

Boy pulled alive from rubble following Israeli strike on Gaza City, but children among dead

At least six people including children were killed in an Israeli strike in Gaza City on Saturday, according to Shifa and Al Ahli hospital officials. One child was rescued alive and carried to paramedics by his father. The dead bodies of a boy and...

Sudan Nashra: Military moves warplanes to Eritrea, strikes Nyala, opens new front in North Kordofan | UAE engages Sudan via Cairo, Addis Ababa | Hemedti renews accusations against Egypt, threatens to strike north

On Sudan’s eastern coast, the military-led government in Port Sudan is swiftly moving to reshape the political landscape following the appointment of a new prime minister and the containment of a wave of drone strikes on the city as the war shifts...

Dawn French apologises for 'mocking tone' in video about Israel-Hamas conflict

Dawn French has apologised and taken down a video she posted about the war in Gaza after facing backlash. The popular actress and comedian said she apologised "unreservedly" after posting a video in a "mocking tone". In the original 40-second...

13 killed as Israeli forces strike Gaza

Gaza’s civil defence agency said Israeli forces killed at least 13 Palestinians on Saturday, six of them in a shooting incident near a US-backed aid distribution centre in the territory’s south. Civil defence spokesman Mahmud Bassal told AFP that...

Tehran says at least 13 Iranians die during haj pilgrimage

Medics transporting a man suffering from heatstroke to a hospital in the holy city of Mecca.PHOTO: AFP TEHRAN – At least 13 Iranians died while performing the haj pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia amid rising temperatures in the holy cities, Iranian...

Israel issues evacuation warning for residents in N. Gaza Strip

JERUSALEM, June 7 (Xinhua) -- The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) on Saturday issued an evacuation warning for residents in two areas of the northern Gaza Strip ahead of strikes. The warning applies to the Abd al-Rahman neighborhood in the northwest...

Israel kills at least 28 people on the second day of Eid al Adha

At least 23 Palestinians were killed by Israeli strikes early on Saturday morning in the southern parts of Gaza. This happens as the World Health Organisation warns that two more hospitals STILL operating in Gaza are on the brink of collapsing....

10 Palestinians killed in Israeli shelling of southern, northern Gaza Strip

A Palestinian child visits the grave of a loved one on the first day of the Muslim Eid al-Adha festival in Nuseirat, in the central Gaza Strip, on June 6, 2025. (Photo by Eyad BABA / AFP) Gaza: Ten Palestinians were martyred today in Israeli...

Syria receives investment boost six months after Assad's fall

In the six months since former President Bashar Al Assad’s regime fell, Syria has drawn increasing international investment and aid commitments as it works to rebuild its devastated economy. This rapid influx of investment marks a stark contrast...

Israeli lies about massacres at U.S.-run aid sites in Gaza crumble under scrutiny

By Robert Inlakesh / PRESS TV Israeli occupation forces have repeatedly shot Palestinian civilians near the new privatized US aid sites in Gaza, yet it wasn’t until last Sunday’s massacre that they began concocting false narratives in an attempt...

Israel's evacuation orders around major Gaza hospital could force shutdown, officials warn

Iran condemns US veto of UN Gaza ceasefire resolution

Iran on Thursday denounced the United States for vetoing a United Nations Security Council resolution that called for an immediate ceasefire and full humanitarian access in Gaza. Foreign ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baqaei said in a statement that...

Israel backs an anti-Hamas armed group known for looting aid in Gaza. Here’s what we know

JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel is supporting armed groups of Palestinians in Gaza in what it says is a move to counter Hamas. But officials from the U.N. and aid organizations say the military is allowing them to loot food and other supplies from their...

Family of Turkish immigrant killed in DWI crash sues NYC bars for allegedly over-serving driver

The family of a Turkish immigrant killed by a drunken driver claims three downtown Manhattan bars should be held responsible for his death. Mahbub Ali, of Astoria, was allegedly “visibly intoxicated” when he visited Barcade Downtown, Harry’s on...

‘Ban on truth’: UNRWA condemns Israel for barring journalists from entering Gaza

The commissioner-general of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) has condemned Israeli authorities for barring international journalists from entering the Gaza Strip since the start of the war, calling the...

Opinion: Tough love for Israel

Palestinians pray during the funeral of a person who was killed while heading to a Gaza aid hub, along with three others who were killed during an Israeli strike, as they gather at the Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip, on June...

Professor sues University of California for suspension over comments about Israel’s war in Gaza

A professor of medicine at the University of California, San Francisco, says the university violated her freedom of speech rights by suspending her for her online comments about Israel’s war in Gaza in a new lawsuit. The suit was filed by Rupa...

Swedish Ambassador: Swedish Companies Planning on Setting up Regional Headquarters in Saudi Arabia

Relations between Saudi Arabia and Sweden are witnessing rapid development with the expansion of cooperation in the fields of innovation, logistics and services and others. Swedish Ambassador to Saudi Arabia Petra Menander told Asharq Al-Awsat...