WASHINGTON, June 24 — Explosions rang out here from Israeli airstrikes today despite United States President Donald Trump saying Israel had called off strikes at his command to preserve an hours-old ceasefire.

TEL AVIV/JERUSALEM/DUBAI, June 19 — Israel said it has struck Iran's only functioning nuclear power plant on the Gulf coast, potentially a major escalation in its air war against Iran.

DUBAI/JERUSALEM, June 18 — Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said in a statement read by a television presenter on Wednesday that his country will not accept United States (US) President Donald Trump's call for an unconditional surrender.

TEL AVIV/DUBAI/WASHINGTON, June 14 — Iran and Israel targeted each other with missiles and airstrikes early on Saturday after Israel launched its biggest-ever air offensive against its longtime foe in a bid to prevent it from developing a nuclear weapon.

SEOUL/LONDON, June 14 — Airlines steered clear of much of the Middle East on Friday after Israeli attacks on Iranian sites forced carriers to cancel or divert thousands of flights in the latest upheaval to travel in the region.

TEHRAN, June 14 — Israel began feeling Iran’s wrath on Friday evening as the Islamic Republic of Iran Armed Forces launched a wave of strikes on Israel.

CAIRO/JERUSALEM, May 23 — Israeli airstrikes killed at least six Palestinians guarding aid trucks against looters, Hamas officials said on Friday, underlining the problems hindering supplies from reaching hungry people in Gaza following Israel's 11-week-long blockade.

JAKARTA, May 20 — Indonesia has issued a strong condemnation of Israel’s continued military operations across the Gaza Strip, including strikes near the Indonesian Hospital in Bait Lahia, North Gaza.

ISLAMABAD/JAMMU — Pakistan and India launched strikes and counter-strikes against each other's military installations today, prompting United States (US) calls for the nuclear-armed neighbours to begin talks and defuse their escalating conflict, the most intense since 1999.

CAIRO/GAZA, May 7 — Israeli strikes on a school housing displaced families in northern Gaza killed 15 Palestinians on Wednesday, local health authorities said, as Israeli forces continued to demolish homes and buildings in Rafah in the south of the enclave.

ANKARA, April 4 — Israeli airstrikes on the Gaza Strip killed at least 86 more Palestinians, bringing the death toll from Israel’s genocidal war since October 2023 to 50,609, Anadolu Ajansi reported, citing the Health Ministry.

GENEVA, March 19 — The UN human rights chief said yesterday he was horrified by Israeli strikes on Gaza which Palestinian authorities say have killed hundreds of people, threatening the complete collapse of a ceasefire with Hamas.

JERUSALEM, March 19 — Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu yesterday defended the resumption of airstrikes in Gaza, saying that negotiations on restoring the ceasefire would continue "only under fire".

CAIRO, March 17 — An Israeli air strike killed three Palestinian men in Gaza on Monday as they tried to gather firewood, medics said, with no sign of progress from renewed talks on sustaining a ceasefire deal between Israel and Palestinian militant group Hamas.

KUALA LUMPUR, March 17 — Eight humanitarian workers from the Malaysian Consultative Council of Islamic Organisations (Mapim) were killed in an Israeli airstrike in Beit Lahiya, northern Gaza, on Saturday (March 15).

CAIRO, March 16 — Israeli military strikes have killed at least 14 Palestinians in the Gaza Strip over the past 24 hours, the enclave's Health Ministry said on Sunday, as Arab and United States (US) mediators work to shore up a fragile ceasefire between Israel and Hamas.

WASHINGTON/ADEN, March 16 — United States (US) President Donald Trump launched large-scale military strikes against Yemen's Iran-aligned Houthis on Saturday over the group's attacks against Red Sea shipping, killing at least 24 people at the start of a campaign expected to last many days.

BERLIN, Dec 6 — The World Health Organisation (WHO) had no indication a warning was issued before Israel’s bombing early yesterday of north Gaza’s Kamal Adwan Hospital, the agency’s regional representative said today.

KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 9 — Malaysia calls on the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) to take swift, decisive, and unified action to ensure the safety and security of all United Nations (UN) peacekeepers who are carrying out the council’s mandate.

PUTRAJAYA, Oct 26 — Malaysia strongly condemns military strikes by the Zionist Israeli regime against the sovereign state of Iran, particularly in Tehran, Karaj, Kashan, Mashhad and Shiraz early today.