Rifts with Hamas and a far-right minister’s threat to resign complicated progress toward the Israeli cabinet’s vote on the deal, which includes the release of hostages.

Turkey's intelligence chief discussed efforts to reach a ceasefire in Gaza in a phone call on Monday with officials from the political wing of Palestinian militant group Hamas, a Turkish security source said.

The World Monuments Fund list seeks to raise awareness and funds to help preserve the sites it spotlights. Africa's Swahili Coast, Maine's lighthouses and Buddhist grottoes in China are also in peril.

Israeli airstrikes in southern Gaza killed at least 17 people late Tuesday, nearly all of them women or children, the territory’s Health Ministry and hospital officials said. Five kids were killed as they sheltered together in the same tent,

Gaza’s Health Ministry says more than 46,000 Palestinians have been killed in the Israel-Hamas war, with no end in sight to the 15-month conflict

Gaza’s Health Ministry says more than 46,000 Palestinians have been killed in the Israel-Hamas war, with no end in sight to the 15-month conflict

An Israeli military strike killed 12 Palestinians in a house in Gaza City early on Saturday, bringing the total death toll from strikes across Gaza to 62 in the past 24 hours, Palestinian medics said.

The human cost has been enormous. 600,000 died in Syria under Obama and Assad and Putin. Hundreds of thousands have died in Ukraine under Biden and Putin. Tens of thousands have died in Gaza under Biden and Hamas. It is a lot, especially for wars that we have been determined not to win.

Democratic New York Mayor Eric Adams said he had a "productive" meeting with Republican President-elect Donald Trump in Florida on Friday, including a discussion about how the federal government can help improve the lives of the city's residents and its economy.

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Palestinians in Gaza are eager to leave miserable tent camps and return to their homes if a long-awaited cease-fire agreement halts the Israel-Hamas war.