Middle East

President Trump’s statements concerning the ongoing conflict between Israel and Iran have oscillated dramatically—from passionately endorsing Israeli military strikes to pointedly distancing the U.S. from them, then seemingly reversing again. This shifting stance has contributed to a growing sense of instability, coinciding with an escalation in the violence on the ground and Trump's early departure from the G7 summit in Canada. He cited "big stuff" awaiting him in Washington as

The United States and the United Arab Emirates have agreed to collaborate on the development of a massive data center complex in Abu Dhabi, aiming to strengthen artificial intelligence capabilities with a planned capacity of 5 gigawatts — enough energy to supply a large metropolitan area. This initiative, unveiled Thursday during President Donald Trump’s visit to the UAE, is set to become the largest data center operation outside U.S. territory, according to the U.S. Department of Commerce. The

Israel has accused Hamas of breaching the ceasefire agreement after forensic tests confirmed that one of the bodies returned from Gaza on Thursday was not that of Shiri Bibas. The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) identified three of the returned bodies as Bibas' young sons, Ariel and Kfir, aged five and two, and Oded Lifshitz. However, the fourth body did not belong to Shiri Bibas or any other hostage, prompting Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to claim on Friday that Hamas had "placed

Hamas announced on Friday that three Israeli hostages are set to be released from Gaza on Saturday. Among them are an American dual national and the father of the youngest hostages captured during the October 7, 2023, attacks in Israel. The three individuals named for release are Keith Siegel, Yarden Bibas, and Ofer Kalderon. According to the Israeli Prime Minister’s Office, their families have already been notified. Keith Siegel, an Israeli-American citizen, was taken from his home at kibbutz

BEIRUT/JERUSALEM, Oct 11 (Reuters) - Two U.N. peacekeepers were injured by an Israeli attack near a watchtower in southern Lebanon on Friday, according to Israel's military, as explosions once again rocked the peacekeepers' primary base in the area within a 48-hour period during an ongoing clash between Israeli forces and Hezbollah. U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, along with Western nations, denounced the assault. The U.N. peacekeeping mission, UNIFIL, referred to the

FARDIS, Lebanon (AP) — Alma Ayman Fakhr al-Din, an energetic 11-year-old with a love for basketball and language learning, was playing soccer a week ago in Majdal Shams, a Druze village situated in the Israeli-controlled Golan Heights, when tragedy struck as a rocket landed. Ayman, her father, rushed to the scene, desperate for news of his daughter. "I saw a little girl in a body bag," he recounted, as he recognized her from her shoes and her delicate hand. "At that moment, I

During the sweltering heat of Gaza, Andrey Kozlov recounted how Hamas fighters would cover him with blankets, leaving him trapped in his perspiration. When he inquired about his family, they would retort that he had been forgotten. Worse, once they removed his blindfold, they taunted him, saying they'd kill him and record the act. Kozlov, now 27, endured intense psychological torment, and some physical torture, at the hands of Hamas. He struggles to fully convey the extent of suffering