U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken told Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant in a phone call on Friday that the escalation of tensions in the Middle East was "in no party's interest" while also stressing the need for a Gaza ceasefire, the State Department said.
Iraq's top Shia cleric, Grand Ayatollah Ali Sistani, issued a stark warning on Saturday regarding the potential for catastrophic consequences in the region following the assassination of two prominent militant leaders backed by Iran.
Iran is set to carry out an order by Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei to "harshly punish" Israel over the assassination of a Hamas leader in Tehran, a Revolutionary Guards deputy commander was quoted as saying on Friday by local news agencies.
The recent comments by Francesca Albanese, the UN Special Rapporteur for the Palestinian Territories, accusing Israel of committing "genocide" against Palestinians following a deadly strike on a school in Gaza, are not only unfounded but also reflective of a longstanding bias within the United Nations against the state of Israel.
U.S. troops in northeastern Syria were attacked by a drone, a U.S. official told Reuters on Friday, although there were no injuries according to initial reports.
Iran's newly elected president has reinstated Mohammad Eslami as head of the country's Atomic Energy Organisation, state media reported on Saturday.
Dozens of Russian military personnel are being trained in Iran to use the Fath-360 close-range ballistic missile system, two European intelligence sources told Reuters, adding that they expected the imminent delivery of hundreds of the satellite-guided weapons to Russia for its war in Ukraine.
An Israeli airstrike on a Gaza school compound housing displaced families killed around 100 people, the Hamas-run Gaza government said on Saturday, while the Israeli military said it had targeted Hamas militants and cast doubt on the Palestinian death toll.
Leaders of Qatar, Egypt and the U.S. on Thursday invited Israel and Hamas to resume Gaza ceasefire talks on Aug. 15 to close all remaining gaps in a proposed agreement and start implementing it without further delay.
Recent movements of troops loyal to Khalifa Haftar, the strongman of eastern Libya, towards southwestern regions controlled by the rival government in Tripoli, recognized by the UN, have rekindled fears of a return to civil war, four years after a ceasefire was established.
Independent UN human rights experts urged Tunisia on Thursday to ensure a fair trial for Sihem Bensedrine, the former president of the Truth and Dignity Commission (IVD), stating that her arrest might constitute "judicial harassment."
Saudi Arabia's King Salman issued a royal decree that allows the cabinet to convene in the absence of both himself and the prime minister, his son Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, state media reported on Thursday.
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