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Since an October ceasefire, Israel has shifted the Yellow Line west, boosting its control from 53% to about 64% of the Gaza Strip.

Hamas confirmed it would begin disarmament, but said it was contingent on Israel halting all attacks in Gaza and fulfilling provisions of the first phase of a ceasefire deal signed in 2025.

Trump's meetings with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu came as the wars in Ukraine and Iran have recently expanded.

Iran fired missiles into Jordan last week, killing three American service members. Jordan's growing role in the war is prompting uncomfortable conversations for the desert nation's leaders.

The U.S. war with Iran escalated and global oil prices surged again Thursday as Iran-backed Houthis in Yemen attacked two Saudi oil tankers in the Red Sea.

President Trump railed against "forever wars," but with hostilities increasing and negotiations at a standstill, there appears no easy exit from the war he launched on Iran.

A search for one man's remains underscores the staggering humanitarian crisis in Gaza, where thousands of bodies are trapped beneath millions of tons of rubble.

Iran has targeted American military sites in the Gulf after the U.S. launched strikes on several places in Iran and reinstated sanctions on its oil sales.

A peace pact between Lebanon and Israel calls for Hezbollah to give up its arms, but that's a non-stater for the Lebanese Shiite militant group.

Amid the ruins of intense Israeli airstrikes, Lebanon's battered Shiite community braved a volatile ceasefire to observe its most sacred annual ritual of Ashura.

Trump hailed the document as a breakthrough after months of negotiations. Yet its broad contours remained unclear over a day after the deal was announced.

The Israel-Hezbollah conflict unfolding in Lebanon — a fight Trump considers a sideshow — could snarl his plans for a pact to end the war with Iran.

Israel and Iran traded fire on Monday, all but derailing a brittle two-month ceasefire.

It's been a stronghold for Crusaders, Saladin's armies, the Ottomans, French and Palestine Liberation Organization. Now Israel once again controls Lebanon's strategically located Beaufort castle.

After Israel announced it would push deeper into Lebanon to target Hezbollah, Trump intervened and says he persuaded Israel to not send troops to Beirut.

Gum arabic, a resin that comes from the acacia tree, is as ubiquitous as it is unglamorous, virtually unknown despite being a vital ingredient in hundreds of products.

Iran has denounced the most recent U.S. strikes as a sign of bad faith as negotiations press on toward a possible deal to end the war.

As drones rain down nightly over Sudan, a civil war entering its fourth year is exacting a staggering civilian toll and reshaping modern warfare across Africa.