Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said on Friday the Indian government's crackdown on Canadian diplomats was making normal life difficult for millions of people in both countries

Hamas released two American hostages held in Gaza, offering a "sliver of hope" to desperate families, as Israel pounded the densely-populated territory where millions waited for promised aid deliveries on Saturday

Latest updates about the war between Israel and Hamas

The Islamist group Hamas yesterday said it had released two US hostages, a mother and daughter, for "humanitarian reasons" and to send a message to US President Joe Biden, who has staunchly backed Israel's war against it in Gaza

Thousands of tonnes of “life and death” aid for Gaza should be delivered soon, the United Nations said yesterday, to relieve a “beyond catastrophic” situation after unrelenting Israeli bombing in response to an unprecedented Hamas attack. 

The International Criminal Court (ICC) said yesterday that a cyberattack it suffered in September was a case of attempted espionage aimed at disrupting its mandate to investigate war crimes worldwide.

Canada yesterday said it was temporarily suspending in-person operations at consulates in several Indian cities and warned of visa processing delays amid a diplomatic dispute over the murder of a Sikh separatist leader in British Columbia.

The Kremlin said yesterday that remarks by US President Joe Biden comparing Russian President Vladimir Putin to the Palestinian militant group Hamas were “unacceptable”.

An Indian firm is terminating a longstanding contract to make uniforms for the Israeli police, telling AFP yesterday that it had made a “moral decision” in light of the war in Gaza.

A pill for dengue fever developed by Johnson & Johnson JNJ.N appeared to protect against a form of the virus in a handful of patients in a small human challenge trial in the United States, according to data presented by the company yesterday.

The amount of dust in the world’s air worsened in 2022, the United Nations said on Thursday, as it called for more research into how climate change may increase sandstorm hotspots.

Bangladesh will observe a one-day state mourning today for the Palestinians killed in recent Israeli attacks. The cabinet division made the announcement in a notification issued on Thursday.

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres visited the Rafah border crossing on Friday and said aid trucks needed to move as quickly as possible from Egypt into the besieged Palestinian enclave of Gaza to alleviate a humanitarian crisis

As the Israel-Hamas war intensifies, the United States Thursday launched a visa waiver program allowing Israelis wishing to visit the United States for 90 days or less to come without applying for a visa, reports Arab News

Most of the 200 or so people kidnapped in Israel by Hamas militants and taken to the Gaza Strip are still alive, the Israeli military said on Friday

Israel levelled a northern Gaza district after giving families still there a half-hour warning to escape on Friday, and ordered the evacuation of the biggest Israeli town near Lebanon, as it made clear that a command to invade Gaza was expected soon.

Any escalation of military activities will be "catastrophic" for people in the Gaza Strip, the UN high commissioner for refugees said Friday.

The conflict between Israel and Hamas may jeopardize already limited humanitarian resources needed in other parts of the world, a United Nations official said in Tokyo on Friday.

Asian markets fell and oil prices extended gains Friday on worries that an expected ground invasion of Gaza by Israel will spark a wider conflict in the Middle East.

The first aid delivery into the besieged Gaza Strip via the Rafah border crossing with Egypt should take place "in the next day or so", the United Nations said Friday.