After two years of devastating war, Palestinians in Gaza celebrate a possible end to the Israel-Hamas war while grieving what they have lost

Egypt and Vietnam are on track to secure seats on the United Nations Human Rights Council despite being woefully unfit for membership, Human Rights Watch said.

Both sides agree it’s a first step toward peace, but only the beginning of the path toward resolving the broader Israeli-Palestinian conflict

Both sides agree it’s a first step toward peace, but only the beginning of the path toward resolving the broader Israeli-Palestinian conflict

Results from the first parliamentary elections since the fall of Bashar al-Assad show only 13% of seats were won by female and minority candidates.

The children’s names below appear on a list of victims of Israel’s offensive in Gaza, maintained by health authorities in the territory. As of the end of July it ran to 60,199 names, of whom 18,457 were under 18s. Far from comprehensive, the list does not include the thousands still buried under the rubble of destroyed buildings, as well as the war’s many indirect victims As of the end of July there were 18,457 children named on the long official list of Palestinian victims of Israel’s war in Gaza. Over almost two years, that is equivalent to bombs, bullets and shells killing a boy or girl every hour of every day. In reality the deaths are not spaced out so evenly. Siblings, cousins and playmates are often killed together, by an airstrike or artillery shell. Even children shot by snipers or quadcopters are sometimes brought into hospitals in groups, doctors say. Continue reading...

WASHINGTON D.C. - With representatives of the Israeli government, as well as Hamas, meeting to discuss a potential U.S.-brokered peace, delegates have reportedly been surprised to find that the entire...

Separated from their homeland and unsure whether they will ever be able to return, tens of thousands of Palestinian refugees rely on each other

Since Trump Declared an Imminent Cease-fire Agreement, Both Netanyahu and Hamas Are Making Sure They're Not Seen as the Side That Causes the Plan to Fail. But Signing a Hostage Release Deal Would Hurt...

Netanyahu’s office has said that Israel is preparing for an ‘immediate implementation’ of the first stage of Trump’s Gaza plan * Full report: Donald Trump orders Israel to ‘immediately’ stop bombing Gaza as Hamas agrees to free hostages Turkey said 36 of its citizens were expected to return home via a special flight on Saturday afternoon, after Israel intercepted a Gaza-bound aid flotilla. “We expected 36 of our nationals on the Global Sumud Flotilla vessels seized by Israeli forces in international waters will return to our country this afternoon via a special flight,” Turkish foreign ministry spokesman Oncu Keceli said on X, adding that the final number has not been finalised. Continue reading...

Behind the scenes of how Trump's plan came together over three chaotic weeks.

Pavlohrad is bracing for the day it turns into another Mariupol or Bakhmut. The Globe went there to see how locals feel – and what hard choices they might face if the Russians come