Russia links Moscow attack to 'Ukrainian nationalists'; US rubbishes claim

Russia said Thursday it had evidence the perpetrators of last week's massacre at a concert hall outside Moscow were linked to "Ukrainian nationalists", a claim that the United States called nonsense.

'Shocked and appalled': Why this State Department staffer resigned in protest over Gaza

Annelle Sheline alleges the Biden administration enables atrocities committed by Israel, as she explains to Christiane Amanpour

Saudi Aramco chief calls energy transition strategy a 'misguided' failure

Pointing to the still paltry share of renewable energy in global supply, the head of Saudi Aramco described the current energy transition strategy as a misguided failure on Monday.

'Anti-Semitism has become a comical accusation': Comedian Bassem Youssef

FRANCE 24 spoke to Egyptian-American comedian Bassem Youssef, who is speaking out against the war in Gaza. Formerly a TV icon in Egypt before fleeing to the US, Youssef called accusations of anti-Semitism against him "laughable". Calling the label...

Israel recalls Gaza truce negotiators, strikes Hezbollah targets in Lebanon

Israel recalled its negotiators from Doha after deeming mediated talks on a Gaza truce "at a dead end" due to demands by Hamas, a senior Israeli official said on Tuesday. Lebanese official media said fresh Israeli strikes on eastern Lebanon on...

Man drowns trying to reach aid airdropped into Gaza

At least 12 people drowned off the coast of Gaza while trying to retrieve aid parcels that had been airdropped into the sea, Palestinian paramedics said. CNN's Jomana Karadsheh reports.

Israel’s largest land seizure since Oslo Accords deals fresh blow to Palestinian statehood

Israel declared 800 hectares of land in the West Bank as property of the state on Friday, a move that will facilitate use of the ground for settlement construction. The area covers large swaths of the Jordan Valley, a vital region for a future...

Netanyahu’s Office: All US Gaza Ceasefire Deal Proposals Rejected by Hamas

TEL AVIV (Sputnik) - The Hamas movement has rejected all United States-made proposals for a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip in exchange for release of hostages, the office of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Tuesday.

Turkey detains scores of IS group suspects in nationwide raids

Turkish authorities rounded up scores of suspects with alleged links to Islamic State group in nationwide raids, a government minister said on Tuesday.

Harris warns it would be a 'mistake' for Israel to invade Rafah

In an interview with ABC News, Vice President Kamala Harris warned it would be a "mistake" for Israel if its military followed through with its planned invasion of Rafah.

Israel bombs Gaza as UN chief calls for end to 'horror and starvation'

Air and artillery strikes pounded targets in Gaza Sunday as UN chief Antonio Guterres called for a surge of aid into the besieged territory he said was stalked by "horror and starvation".

Forced Rafah population transfer would be a 'war crime', Macron warns Israel

French President Emmanuel Macron on Sunday told Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that any forced transfer of people from the southern Gaza city of Rafah would constitute "a war crime".

Tapper asks AOC if she believes Israel is intentionally trying to destroy Gaza. Hear her response

CNN's Jake Tapper asks Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez if she believes Israel is intentionally destroying the Palestinian people after she called on President Biden to cut off military aid to Israel.

Israel besieges two more Gaza hospitals, Palestinian Red Crescent says

Israeli forces besieged two more Gaza hospitals on Sunday, pinning down medical teams under heavy gunfire, the Palestinian Red Crescent said, and Israel said it had captured 480 militants in continued clashes at Gaza's main Al Shifa hospital. 

UN chief calls blocked aid for Gaza a 'moral outrage' on Rafah visit

United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres visited Egypt's border with Gaza on Saturday to renew pleas for a ceasefire that could bring relief to a territory devastated by more than five months of war between Israel and Hamas. Health...

Will robots replace teachers?

A humanoid robot helps lead lessons at a school in Dubai in an effort to introduce students to the latest tech.

Jordan: Meeting the Palestinians of Zarqa, three generations after the 'Nakba'

The Jordanian city of Zarqa has a strong Palestinian identity, with good reason. In 1948, with the creation of the State of Israel – what the Palestinians call the "Nakba" ("catastrophe") – some 750,000 people, or more than 80 percent of the...

Video shows civilians trapped inside Al-Shifa hospital in Gaza

CNN's Jeremy Diamond reports on the dire situation for thousands of civilians in Gaza who are trapped while Israel raids the Al-Shifa hospital.

'Repugnant beyond imagining': Lawmaker reacts to Kushner's comments about Gaza

CNN's Jim Sciutto speaks with Rep. Gerry Connelly (D-VA) about former Trump White House adviser Jared Kushner calling waterfront property in Gaza "very valuable."

Israeli forces press ahead with Gaza hospital raid claiming Hamas activity

Israeli forces detained Palestinian journalists and health workers in Al-Shifa Hospital, in northern Gaza, after claiming "senior Hamas terrorists" were using the facility to "conduct and promote terrorist activity." CNN cannot independently...

'A ghost city': Israeli towns left abandoned as residents flee Hezbollah rockets

In Metula, an Israeli village on the border with Lebanon, rubble fills the streets and damaged houses lie empty and abandoned. It is one of a number of border towns to have been evacuated amid fighting between Israel and Lebanon-based Hezbollah,...