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Israel passes laws to restrict the work of a UN agency that is a lifeline for Gaza

Israel’s parliament has passed two laws that severely restrict the U.N. agency responsible for distributing aid in Gaza.

Israel approves two bills that could halt UNRWA’s aid delivery to Gaza. What does that mean?

Iranian-German prisoner Jamshid Sharmahd, who lived in US, executed in Iran over terror conviction

Ship comes under a suspected Yemen Houthi rebel attack in Bab el-Mandeb Strait off Red Sea

International prosecutor who charged Netanyahu vows to cooperate with sex misconduct investigation

Middle East latest: Israel passes 2 laws restricting UN agency that distributes aid in Gaza

Israeli lawmakers have passed two laws that could threaten the work of the main U.N. agency providing aid to people in Gaza by barring it from operating on Israeli soil.

South Africa submits its main legal claim to the top UN court which accuses Israel of genocide

South Africa has delivered a nearly 5,000-page document to the United Nations’ top court. It is the latest step in a case the country brought accusing Israel of committing genocide against Palestinians in Gaza.

Destruction of Lebanon-Syria border crossings in Israeli airstrikes creates difficulties

A stream of refugees fleeing Lebanon to Syria have been crossing a narrow makeshift bridge in the Qusair area of Syria’s Homs province since the official border crossing was put out of commission by an Israeli strike two days earlier.

Analysis: Iran faces tough choices in deciding how to respond to Israeli strikes

How Iran chooses to respond to the unusually public Israeli airstrikes could determine whether the region spirals further toward all-out war or holds steady at an already devastating and destabilizing level of violence.

A Lebanese family held a Sunday gathering. An Israeli strike toppled their apartment building

Hecham al-Baba was visiting his sister at her home in southern Lebanon when the Israeli strike hit. The entire six-story residential building, with 17 apartments full of families, collapsed, tipping over down a hillside, killing more than 70 people.

US presses ahead with modest Mideast plans despite election uncertainty

With the U.S. presidential election just a week away, the Biden administration is not giving up hope for short-term deals for cease-fires between Israel and Hamas in Gaza and Israel and Hezbollah in Lebanon.

Oil prices fall as reality of weak global demand overtakes risk of wider war in Middle East

Global oil prices are falling sharply after a retaliatory strike by Israel over the weekend targeted Iranian military sites rather than its energy infrastructure as had been feared.

Here’s what to watch in the final full week of the presidential campaign

Uncertainty reigns entering the final full week of the 2024 campaign with Democrat Kamala Harris and Republican Donald Trump locked in a razor-thin presidential contest.

Iran’s imprisoned Nobel Peace Prize laureate hospitalized with severe health issues

Activists say Iranian authorities have allowed imprisoned Nobel Peace Prize laureate Narges Mohammadi to be hospitalized after almost nine weeks of feeling sick.

Tens of thousands of demonstrators march across Italy calling for an end to war worldwide

Tens of thousands of demonstrators have taken to the streets in seven Italian cities calling for an immediate cease-fire in the Middle East, Ukraine and all global conflicts.

Attack on a police convoy in a restive southeastern province of Iran kills 10 officers

An attack in Iran’s restive southeast killed 10 members of the country’s national police force. State media reported the fatalities in the attack Saturday in Gohar Kuh, some 1,200 kilometers southeast of the Iranian capital, Tehran.

Middle East latest: Trump, Harris address Israeli airstrikes on Iran amid US presidential campaigns

Israel has unleashed predawn airstrikes against military sites in Iran. The attack early Saturday risks pushing the archenemies closer to all-out war at a time of spiraling violence across the Middle East, where militant groups backed by Iran are already at war with Israel.

Here’s a look at what came out of Blinken’s 11th trip to the Middle East

Secretary of State Antony Blinken’s weeklong trip to the Middle East ended as expected without a cease-fire breakthrough for Gaza, but talks are being revived.

An Israeli airstrike killed journalists covering the war in Lebanon as they slept

An Israeli airstrike that hit a guesthouse in southeast Lebanon has killed three journalists who were covering the Israel-Hezbollah war.

International court prosecutor who charged Netanyahu faces sexual misconduct accusation

As the International Criminal Court’s top prosecutor sought war crimes charges this year against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, he was engulfed in a behind-the-scenes personal crisis.

Iran’s imprisoned Nobel Peace Prize laureate sentenced to another 6 months in prison

A group campaigning for Iran’s Nobel Peace Prize laureate Narges Mohammadi says Iranian authorities have issued an additional six-month prison sentence against her.

Middle East latest: Israeli strikes on Lebanon and Gaza leave dozens dead

Lebanon’s state-run National News Agency says an Israeli airstrike hit guesthouses where journalists were staying in southeast Lebanon, killing three media staffers from two different news agencies.

Vote-weary Bulgarians face a seventh general election in just over 3 years

Bulgarians will cast ballots on Sunday in the seventh general elections in just over three years as their country faces growing political instability that might further enhance the popularity of pro-Russian and far-right groups.

Israel and UN are maneuvering fraught but fundamental ties during Middle East wars

Relations between Israel and the United Nations have long been tense. They have sunk to a low ebb following Hamas’ Oct. 7, 2023, attacks and Israel’s powerful military campaign against its enemies in its region.

Middle East latest: Blinken in Doha to discuss Gaza cease-fire with Qatari officials

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken is in Doha to meet with Qatari officials who have been key mediators for Hamas, as the U.S. struggles to break the logjam of cease-fire negotiations between Israel and the militant group.

Massive displacement from Israel-Hezbollah war transforms Beirut’s famed commercial street

Inside what was once one of Beirut’s oldest and best-known cinemas, dozens of Lebanese, Palestinians and Syrians displaced by the Israel-Hezbollah war now spend their time following the news on their phones, cooking, chatting or walking around to pass the time.

Man pleads guilty to displaying a Nazi symbol at pro-Palestinian rally

A restaurateur has pleaded guilty to displaying a Nazi symbol during a pro-Palestinian rally in Sydney earlier in October.

Top Hezbollah official Hashem Safieddine is dead

Top Hezbollah official Hashem Safieddine was killed in an Israeli airstrike. He was a strongman who rose through the ranks of the Iran-backed Lebanese militant group over decades to become the second-most powerful person within the organization.

Kuwait bans ‘Call of Duty: Black Ops 6' video game, likely over it featuring Saddam Hussein in 1990s

The tiny Mideast nation of Kuwait has banned the release of the video game “Call of Duty: Black Ops 6,” which features the late Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein and is set in part in the 1990s Gulf War.

Middle East latest: Sirens sound across Tel Aviv as projectiles are intercepted near Blinken’s hotel

Air raid sirens echoed across Tel Aviv early as U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken prepared to end a visit.

US charges Iran Revolutionary Guard official in alleged plot to kill a human rights activist in NYC

An Iranian military official has been charged in a plot to kill an Iranian American author on U.S. soil.

France defends restrictions on Israeli firms supplying Middle East wars and says it’s not a boycott

France’s government is defending its decision to bar Israeli companies supplying the wars in the Middle East from exhibiting at an upcoming trade fair outside Paris.

FBI says it’s investigating unauthorized release of documents on Israel’s possible attack plans

The FBI says it’s investigating the unauthorized release of classified documents on Israel’s preparation for a potential retaliatory attack on Iran.

Iraqi forces kill Islamic State group commander and 8 other officials

Iraq’s prime minister says the Islamic State militant group’s leader in Iraq was killed in a military operation along with eight of the group’s other senior leaders.

Mideast conflict looms over US presidential race as Harris and Trump jostle for an edge

The crisis in the Middle East is looming over the race for the White House as the campaign enters its final weeks.

What is the Hezbollah-linked financial institution Israel is targeting in Lebanon?

The Israeli military has carried out a wave of airstrikes targeting branches of a financial institution affiliated with Lebanon’s Hezbollah, saying the quasi-banking system is being used to fund the militant group’s military wing.

Crowd in Egypt attacks a railway guard after 2 children are run over

Angry residents have attacked a railway guard and his post in a town outside Cairo after a train ran over and killed two children crossing from an unauthorized area.

Middle East latest: Israel apologizes for strike that killed 3 Lebanese soldiers

The Israeli military has apologized for a strike that killed three Lebanese soldiers in southern Lebanon, saying it is not battling the country’s military and its troops believed they were targeting a vehicle belonging to the Hezbollah militant group.

Israel’s wars are expensive. Paying the bill could force tough choices

On top of the grievous toll in human life and misery, Israel’s war against the Hamas and Hezbollah militant groups has been expensive.

In Israeli footage of the last minutes of Hamas leader’s life, some see a symbol of defiance

The world’s final glimpse of Hamas’ leader was through the lens of a hovering Israeli drone. It was rough and raw and showed him wounded and cornered and hunted down as he sat in a destroyed Palestinian home.