President Barack Obama has authorized targeted air strikes against Islamic militants in northern Iraq but will not send US troops…
More than 25% of Iraq's Christians are reported to be fleeing after Islamic militants seized Qaraqosh, the minority's biggest town…
An air strike in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul has killed at least 30 people, reports say. Some of…
Israel has announced a seven-hour humanitarian ceasefire in parts of Gaza. A senior Israeli military official said the truce would…
Hadar Goldin, the Israeli soldier reported missing in Gaza on Friday, is dead, Israel’s military says. Hadar Goldin was believed…
Israeli forces say one of its soldiers is believed captured, as a 72-hour truce with Hamas in Gaza collapsed just…
Israel’s military is resuming its operations in Gaza, saying Hamas broke planned 72-hour ceasefire just hours after it had begun.…
The US - Israel's closest ally - has said the shelling of a UN shelter in Gaza is "totally unacceptable…
Israel has decided to call up 16,000 extra reservists to bolster its military as the conflict in Gaza continues. The…
At least 17 Palestinians have been killed and 160 wounded in an Israeli strike that hit a fruit and vegetable…