Human Rights Watch has accused Israel of using starvation as a weapon of war.
The two countries are the only holdouts in NATO to not have ratified Sweden’s bid to join the transatlantic alliance.
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Multiple people were killed in Idlib and towns in the western countryside of Aleppo in shelling over the weekend.
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Foreign mediation in Sudan is failing because it continues to be misguided and based on flawed assumptions.
The killing of the three men sparks intense outcry in Israel and raises concerns about its military’s wartime conduct.
Owner of Swan Atlantic says unidentified object strikes ship but none of crew hurt. Panama-flagged vessel also targeted.
Israeli forces are accused of using bulldozers to crush and bury Palestinians alive as they raided Kamal Adwan Hospital.
Sisi took 89.6 percent of the vote to secure a third term, with turnout at 66.8 percent, says election authority.
Tehran says Israel-linked Predatory Sparrow group is behind the disruption.
Human Rights Watch urges world to speak out against ‘abhorrent war crime’. Israel brands the NGO ‘anti-Semitic’.
No let up in Israel’s onslaught despite mounting calls for a truce and aid deliveries.
And we have enough evidence for courts to hold them to account.
Since the war began, Israel has suspended work permits for about 130,000 day workers from the occupied West Bank.
The first council elections in a decade are expected to strengthen the grip of pro-Iran groups.
