AMMAN (Reuters) - Jordan has closed the King Hussein bridge crossing with the occupied West Bank as it investigates a shooting incident in which three Israelis were killed, a Jordanian official told Reuters.
The incident occurred in a commercial cargo area under Israeli control where Jordanian trucks offload cargo entering the occupied West Bank from the kingdom.
(Reporting by Suleiman Al-Khalidi; Editing by Hugh Lawson)
The two bitter regional enemies are on the brink of all-out war
A 21-year-old Yazidi woman has been rescued from Gaza where she had been held captive by Hamas for years after being trafficked by ISIS.
Large explosions were heard in some of Yemen's largest cities, including the capital Sanaa.
An Israeli military reservist who survived the Nova festival massacre has been hailed as a “hero” by the country’s security minister, for confronting two gunmen behind Tuesday’s shooting and stabbing attack in Tel Aviv.
A pro-Palestine protest group will push ahead with “distasteful” demonstrations around the anniversary of the worst loss of Jewish life since the Holocaust.
When Israel struck the center of Beirut in the early hours of Thursday, it seemed to wipe out what little sense of safety remained in the Lebanese capital.
The IDF reported that it killed Rawhi Mushtaha, the purported right-hand man of the Hamas leader in Gaza, Yahya Sinwar.
Iran's supreme leader has claimed its missile attack on Israel was "fully legal and legitimate" - as he warned "it will be done in the future again if it becomes necessary". In a rare speech, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei also described the Hamas attack on Israel on 7 October as a "legitimate" act - and he urged Tehran's allies to "double your efforts and capabilities" against a "common enemy". Mr Khamenei had a rifle by his side as he gave his first address at Friday prayers in five years after Iran fired a barrage of at least 180 missiles at Israel on Tuesday night.
Israel reported on Wednesday eight deaths on the first day of its ground incursion into southern Lebanon on Wednesday. Following Israel's assassination of long time leader Hassan Nasrallah last week, the group said it was weakened but still had the firepower to push Israel back
A visual guide to the latest developments in the conflict between Israel and Hezbollah.
Israel's military said Thursday it had hit Hezbollah's intelligence headquarters in the Lebanese capital of Beirut, as its troops battled militants near the border and warplanes bombarded their strongholds around the country. The strike came after the Lebanese health minister said that at least 1,974 people had been killed in the recent Israeli offensive in Lebanon. Read our liveblog to see how all the day's events unfolded. Israel vowed to retaliate to an attack by Iran during which Tehran fire
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Iran launched a retaliatory missile barrage on Israeli military infrastructure Tuesday in response to Israel’s killing of Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah last week and Hamas political leader Ismail Haniyeh in July. The largely thwarted attack was seen by many as an attempt to restore the Islamic Republic’s capacity to deter further Israeli attacks on its allies. But with Israel’s armed forces moving into southern Lebanon and the US government unflinching in its support of Binyamin Netanyahu’s a
Six people have been killed and at least eight injured in an airstrike in Beirut, according to the Lebanese Health Ministry. The building, in the Bachoura area of the capital, is close to Lebanon's parliament and the United Nations headquarters. It is the second time this week Israel has struck the city.
Blockades are in place and phone services are cut in Pakistan's capital as the government tries to stop a protest in support of former PM Imran Khan.
In a letter obtained by HuffPost, lawmakers urge the State Department and Pentagon to apply a human rights law to U.S. military support for Israel.
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Peter Dutton is accusing Labor of hurting Australia’s global standing with its stance on the rapidly expanding Middle East conflict.
