Pakistan: Government ramps up military operations amid surge in violent attacks

The Pakistani military has said it carried out major “intelligence-based operations” over the weekend, eliminating eight individuals in two separate incidents in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province. It claimed the men killed…

USA: Trump taps Lebanon-born Massad Boulos as Arab and Middle East adviser

United States President-elect Donald Trump has selected Lebanon-born billionaire Massad Boulos as his senior White House adviser for Arab and Middle Eastern affairs, citing the businessman’s outreach to Arab Americans…

Irania: Rapper Toomaj Salehi freed after death sentence overturned

An Iranian rapper who was sentenced to death for supporting anti-government protests has been released from prison after two years. Toomaj Salehi was arrested in October 2022 after publicly supporting protests…

Palestine: 33 captives killed in Gaza – Hamas

Hamas says 33 captives held by the group in Gaza have been killed since the start of Israel’s nearly 14-month-old war in the besieged enclave. The group issued a video statement on…

Lebanon: Israeli attacks kill two people in Lebanon and Hezbollah responds

Israel has killed two people, including a State Security officer, in separate attacks in Lebanon as it continues its assaults on the country since the ceasefire with Hezbollah came into effect last…

West Bank: Four Palestinians killed in Israeli attack near Jenin

At least four Palestinians have been killed in an Israeli operation in the occupied West Bank, according to authorities. The attack occurred in the village of Sir near Jenin on…

Pakistan: Death toll from sectarian violence in northwest rises to 130

 Sectarian violence continued in Pakistan’s northwest over the weekend, killing at least 14 people and wounding 27 in the past 24 hours in the Kurram district, located in the Khyber…

LIVE UPDATES: Israel-Gaza War

WHO delivers supplies to Gaza’s Kamal Adwan Hospital The World Health Organization dropped off food, fuel and medical supplies to the besieged Kamal Adwan Hospital in northern Gaza on Sunday. A…

Syria: Rebels push towards Hama as government forces launch counterattacks

Rebel groups in northwestern Syria say they are pushing towards the city of Hama after taking control of nearby Aleppo in a lightning offensive that started last week. The attempted southern advance…

Palestine: Israel kills three World Central Kitchen aid workers as it pounds Gaza

The Israeli military has killed three workers with the World Central Kitchen (WCK) and at least two other people in an air strike on a vehicle in Khan Younis, southern Gaza, in…