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Palestinians reported another widespread outage of internet and phone service in Gaza early Wednesday, hours after Israeli airstrikes levelled apartment buildings near Gaza City and as ground troops battled Hamas militants inside the besieged territory. Deal reportedly reached to allow some wounded and foreign passport holders to leave through Rafah …

Israel is expanding its ground operation in Gaza with infantry and armoured vehicles backed by "massive" strikes from the air and sea, a military spokesperson said Saturday. Orange fireballs exploded throughout the night on the horizon of Gaza City as ground troops advance Israel 'expanding' Gaza ground operations, communications cut …

Israel stepped up bombardments of the Gaza Strip Friday night hours after internet and communications were knocked out and largely cut off the Palestinian territory's 2.3 million people from contact with each other and the outside world. Internet cut off as UN overwhelmingly calls for humanitarian truce between Israel and …

Israeli troops and tanks launched a brief ground raid into northern Gaza overnight into Thursday, the military said, striking several militant targets in order to "prepare the battlefield" ahead of a widely expected ground invasion after more than two weeks of devastating air raids. Soldiers struck fighters, militant infrastructure and …

Ottawa has a "high degree of confidence" that Israel did not strike the al-Ahli Hospital in Gaza City on Tuesday after an independent review by the Canadian military, Defence Minister Bill Blair said in a statement late Saturday evening. Review found "errant rocket" fired from Gaza Strip caused deadly blast …

U.S. President Joe Biden arrived in Israel on Wednesday, beginning a visit to consult on the spiralling Gaza war a day after a deadly blast at a Gaza City hospital inflamed tensions and led to the cancellation of his planned summit with Arab leaders. Hamas, Israel trade blame over deadly …

Palestinians in besieged Gaza crowded into hospitals and schools on Monday, seeking shelter and running low on food and water. More than a million people have fled their homes ahead of an expected Israeli ground invasion aimed at destroying Hamas after its fighters attacked southern Israel. U.S. and international mediators …

Palestinians in besieged Gaza crowded into hospitals and schools on Monday, seeking shelter and running low on food and water. More than a million people have fled their homes ahead of an expected Israeli ground invasion aimed at destroying Hamas after its fighters attacked southern Israel. U.S. and international mediators …

If you’ve been following the columns in our opinion section, several of our columnists have expressed their respect, appreciation, and admiration for teachers. They have reflected on their teachers from their formative years, those who challenged them to excel, those who uncovered their talents, to teachers who supported them through …

The IMF team was particularly concerned about the high vulnerability of the Philippine economy to extreme weather-related incidents. An International Monetary Fund team led by S. Jayanath Peiris, Asia and Pacific Department Division Chief of Regional Studies in charge of the flagship Regional Economic Outlook report, was just in the …