Save the Children aid worker Soraya Ali describes apocalyptic scenes in Rafah where starving children walk barefoot and alone, desperately searching for food and water
President Joe Biden sent a swift endorsement of the Speaker Mike Johnson’s plan and, in a rare moment, Donald Trump, who opposes most overseas aid for Ukraine, has not derailed the speaker’s work
Nir Oz, one of the communities hardest hit by Hamas, symbolically celebrates Jewish Passover in honor of the captives and demands the Netanyahu government secure their release
The target of the operation, a response to the Iranian attack last weekend, was Isfahan, where the heart of the country’s nuclear program is located. The International Atomic Energy Agency confirmed that no nuclear facilities were damaged. Tehran says it has shot down three drones and is downplaying the situation
The vote in the 15-member Security Council was 12 in favor, the United States opposed and two abstentions
U.S. and Israeli representatives discuss plans for that city, the only one ground troops have not entered, as military retaliation against Iran remains up in the air
Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control targeted 16 people and two entities in Iran that produce engines that power the drones used in the April 13 attack on Israeli territory
Alex Garland has directed an ‘anti-war’ film against polarization: ‘It would be insane to think that two states could not agree even in the face of a fascist president’
In the Middle East conflict it seems that words have been dissociated from reality, and this traps the left in simplistic categories
Critics of the Islamic regime fear that a conflict will deepen the serious economic situation, with skyrocketing inflation and corruption that especially affects the Revolutionary Guard
Russia’s minister of culture has announced plans to bring back this contest, which has intermittently brought musicians from the other side of the Iron Curtain (and some from this side) together to compete since the 1960s
The Israeli armed forces have called up thousands of reservists and are preparing ‘operational activities’ in the last refuge in Gaza. Netanyahu can now frame the ground offensive as punishment for Tehran’s actions
Anti-aircraft batteries and jets from the U.S., the U.K. and Jordan shot down 170 drones and 30 cruise missiles. Only a few of the over 120 ballistic missiles fired in the attack reached Israeli territory
The Israel Defense Forces use an automated program to select their human targets, an unprecedented practice until now
He also rejected a call on Tuesday to step aside or risk a vote to oust him from office
The nation’s dependence on the United States and its distrust of Tehran outweighed the protests, sparked by the invasion of Gaza, over its peace agreement with the Jewish state
The town where a projectile hit at the weekend, seriously injuring a seven-year-old, is under permanent threat of demolition by the authorities, which consider it illegal
‘Our partnership is pivotal for our nations, the Middle East and the world,’ President Biden told Prime Minister al-Sudani, who noted that Monday’s meeting comes at a ‘sensitive time’
U.S. National Security Council spokesman John Kirby: ‘We are not involved in their decision-making process about a potential response’
The world is facing an ongoing war in Ukraine, the danger of an escalating conflict between Israel and Iran and serious tensions in East Asia
The attack on Israel came after successive assassinations of senior Revolutionary Guard officers. Tehran intends to restore the deterrence that these undermined, according to experts
U.S. Rep. Summer Lee, a first-term lawmaker who has aligned herself with the “squad,” is facing a primary challenge from Bhavini Patel and the war has become a flashpoint in the race
Analysts say Iran sent a message that it would be willing to escalate and change its rules of engagement in its shadow war with Israel
Iran’s retaliation against Israel was the last red line left to cross to prevent an open war from breaking out in the region
Tehran has just over 3,000 ballistic missiles, according to a U.S. estimate. Nine models of these projectiles have the capacity to reach Israeli territory
There are signs that the country calibrated its response to Israel to avoid escalating the conflict
The country is reopening its airspace after the unprecedented early morning attack. All eyes are now on Netanyahu’s expected retaliation and the role the United States will play
