Turkey blocks NATO-Israel cooperation over Gaza war, sources say

Turkey has blocked cooperation between NATO and Israel since October because of the war in Gaza and said the alliance should not engage with Israel as a partner until there is an end to the conflic...

US to pause $95M assistance to Georgian government over “foreign agent” law

The United States is pausing more than $95 million in assistance to Georgia over a law on "foreign agents" that Washington considers anti-democratic, dealing a further blow to already-strained rela...

Factbox: Which Hamas leaders have been sought in targeted killings?

Here is a list of Palestinian leaders and operatives targeted by Israel. Tap for the full brief.

Hamas leader’s killing in Iran fuels fears of retaliation and wider war

Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh was assassinated early on Wednesday morning in Iran, the Palestinian militant group and Tehran said, drawing threats of revenge on Israel in a region already shaken by t...

Israel used dogs, waterboarding on Palestinian detainees from Gaza, UN report says

Thousands of Palestinians have been forcibly removed from Gaza, sometimes from bomb shelters, and dragged into detention in Israel where some have been tortured and dozens have died, according to a...

US carries out strike in Iraq amid regional tension

The United States on Tuesday carried out a strike in Iraq that U.S. officials described as self defense, as regional tensions rose after an Israeli airstrike in Beirut that Israel said killed Hezbo...

US Army stops paying soldier imprisoned in Russia, may prosecute him

The Army has stopped paying wages and allowances to a U.S. soldier sentenced last month to nearly four years in a Russian penal colony and may prosecute him if he returns to the United States, U.S....

Ukraine says it repelled one of Russia's largest drone attacks of war

Ukraine's air force said Wednesday it repelled one of Russia's largest long-range drone attacks of the war overnight, shooting down all 89 drones launched at Kyiv, the surrounding region and other ...

Venezuelans protest as observers say presidential vote undemocratic

Protesters took to the streets across Venezuela on Tuesday, demanding that President Nicolas Maduro acknowledge he lost Sunday's election to the opposition, as a major international observer conclu...

Russian dissidents disappear from prison in sign a swap with West may be close, activists say

A number of Russian dissidents and people convicted for their opposition to Moscow's war in Ukraine have disappeared from Russian prisons in recent days, in what rights activists say is a possible ...

Factbox: What we know so far about the assassination of Hamas leader Haniyeh

Haniyeh was killed around 2 a.m. (2200 GMT) on Wednesday, Iranian media reported. He was staying at "a special residence" for war veterans in north of Tehran, the Iranian capital. Tap for the full ...

Israel says it targets senior Hezbollah commander in strike on Beirut

The Israeli military said it carried out a targeted strike in Beirut on Tuesday against the Hezbollah commander it said was responsible for a strike in the Golan Heights that killed 12 children and...

US leading diplomatic push to rein in Israel's response on Lebanon, sources say

The United States is leading a diplomatic dash to deter Israel from striking Lebanon's capital Beirut or major civil infrastructure in response to a deadly rocket attack on the Golan Heights, five ...

New mass exodus hits central Gaza as Hamas says Israel stalls on ceasefire

Thousands of Palestinians fled a community in the central Gaza Strip on Monday in the face of new Israeli evacuation orders, worsening the humanitarian plight in an area already inundated with disp...

El Chapo son to make first US court appearance after dramatic arrest

A son of convicted Mexican drug lord Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman is set to make his initial U.S. court appearance on Tuesday after his arrest last week in a dramatic operation in which he delivered h...