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AFP/APP Beirut, Lebanon: An Israeli drone strike on the Lebanese port city of Sidon killed a member of the Palestinian group Hamas on Friday, a Palestinian official said. The strike targeted a flat in a residential area of the city,…

AFP/APP Palestinian Territories: Israel on Tuesday unleashed its most intense strikes on the Gaza Strip since a January ceasefire, with rescuers reporting 220 people killed, and Hamas accusing Benjamin Netanyahu of deciding to "resume…

AFP/APP Washington: President Donald Trump expressed optimism that U.S. negotiators could secure a ceasefire in the Ukraine war, even as Kyiv and Moscow launched fresh aerial attacks early Thursday. The United States wants Russia to…

AFP/APP Khan Yunis: Hamas is set to hand over the bodies of four Israeli hostages, including those of Shiri Bibas and her two young sons, Kfir and Ariel, as well as Oded Lifshitz, an 83-year-old man. The transfer will take place on…

AFP/APP Khan Yunis: Gaza fighters handed three Israeli hostages over to the Red Cross on Saturday in an exchange set to include the release of 369 Palestinian prisoners from Israeli custody. This marks the latest swap under an ongoing…

APP United Nation: On January 29, the United Nations Security Council was warned that new Israeli laws, which will come into effect on January 30, banning the UN Palestine refugee agency (UNRWA), will escalate instability and deepen…

APP United Nations: United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres welcomed the start on Sunday of the ceasefire and hostage release in Gaza, as UN aid convoys brought in urgently needed food aid to begin pulling the war-ravaged…

AFP/APP Jerusalem: A long-awaited ceasefire in the Israel-Hamas war was delayed Sunday after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said at the last minute that it would not take effect until the Palestinian militant group provided a list of…

AFP/APP Doha: A ceasefire between Israel and Hamas in the Gaza Strip will take effect at 0630 GMT on Sunday morning, Qatar, which helped mediate the deal, said on Saturday. "As coordinated by the parties to the agreement and the…

APP Islamabad: A health expert Friday sounded the alarm over a surge in viral infections of the throat and respiratory tract among children in the region, citing the prolonged dry weather, lack of rainfall and high dust levels as…