Israel launched on Wednesday a series of strikes on former army barracks in Kiswa, in the southwestern Damascus countryside, two Syrian army sources and state-run El Ekhbariya TV reported, making it the second attack within 24 hours.
A security agency controlled by the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) in Iraq's semi-autonomous Kurdistan region said on Wednesday that they had uncovered a plot to assassinate PUK leader Pavel Talabani, sharing a video that purported to show six guards saying they had received an order to kill him.
President Donald Trump was presiding over a policy meeting on the Gaza war on Wednesday with input from former British Prime Minister Tony Blair and former Trump Middle East envoy Jared Kushner, a senior White House official said.
Egypt’s Foreign Minister, Badr Abdelatty, welcomed Lebanese Prime Minister Nawaf Salam on Wednesday in the coastal city of Alamein, about 100 kilometers west of Alexandria.
Israel's Foreign Ministry has publicly demanded the withdrawal of a recent famine report on Gaza, backed by the UN and issued by the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC).
Russian private mercenary operations in Mali have sowed resentment within the West African nation's army and military government, caused security lapses, and failed to yield any mining concessions, a new report has found.
Most French people want new national elections, opinion polls showed on Wednesday, after opposition parties said they would bring down the minority government in a confidence vote next month, throwing the euro zone's second economy back into crisis.
Israeli tanks pushed into a new area on the edge of Gaza City overnight, destroying houses and prompting residents to flee, witnesses said, ahead of an expected meeting on the war to be chaired by U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday.
Pope Leo made a "strong appeal" to the global community on Wednesday to end the nearly two-year conflict between Israel and Hamas, calling for a permanent ceasefire, the release of hostages held in Gaza and the provision of humanitarian aid.
The United Arab Emirates has been announced as the inaugural Guest Country of DIRECT EXPO, which will take place next year in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).
Elias Maalouf crouched to examine a shrivelling grapevine in his ancestral vineyard in the sun-kissed plains of eastern Lebanon. Last year, Israeli air strikes kept him from picking most of the grapes. Now, a drought has slashed his harvest.
Jordan’s King Abdullah II and Uzbekistan’s President Shavkat Mirziyoyev reaffirmed their commitment to deepening ties between their two countries during a state visit by the Jordanian monarch on August 25–26, 2025.
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