Pope Leo XIV on Wednesday appealed for Israel to allow humanitarian aid to enter Gaza, calling the situation in the Palestinian enclave “yet more worrying and saddening,” Reuters reported. “I renew my fervent appeal to allow for the entry of fair humanitarian help and to bring to an end the hostilities, the devastating price of

United States President Donald Trump and Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth have laid out their clearest plan yet for the “Golden Dome” missile defense program, which would include putting weapons in space for the first time, Al Jazeera reported. Speaking from the White House on Tuesday, Trump said he had “officially selected an architecture” for

Pakistan and India have agreed to withdraw troop reinforcements deployed during their recent conflict back to their peacetime positions by the end of May, according to a senior Pakistani security official, South China Morning Post reported. More than 70 people were killed in the four-day conflict, which was sparked by an attack on tourists by

In the past 24 hours alone (the Wednesday afternoon time), Israeli air and ground assaults killed at least 82 Palestinians and wounded another 262, according to Gaza’s health ministry, Middle East Eye reported. The updated figures bring the confirmed death toll in the Strip to 53,655, with more than 121,950 people wounded since the war

BEIJING- China reaffirmed its role as a key diplomatic mediator through Wednesday’s informal trilateral meeting in Beijing, offering Afghanistan and Pakistan a crucial platform to address bilateral issues through peaceful dialogue. Foreign Minister Wang Yi chaired the meeting with Pakistan’s Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Mohammad Ishaq Dar and Afghanistan’s Acting Foreign Minister Mawlawi

Spain’s parliament on Tuesday passed a non-binding motion calling on the government to impose an arms embargo on Israel in response to its military operations in Gaza, Anadolu Agency reported. The motion, introduced by the leftist Sumar alliance, part of the ruling coalition, along with opposition parties Podemos and the Republican Left of Catalonia (ERC),

In the heart of South Asia, two nuclear-armed giants, India and Pakistan, find themselves embroiled in a direct confrontation that poses a significant threat to regional stability and global peace. The recent horrific attack on tourists in Pahalgam sent shockwaves through the community and beyond, leaving behind a legacy of loss and fear that no

Israeli forces opened fire near a convoy of foreign diplomats at the entrance of Jenin refugee camp in the occupied West Bank on Tuesday, drawing widespread condemnation and calls for accountability. According to Ahmed al-Deek, an aide to the Palestinian foreign minister, the Israeli military fired warning shots to intimidate the delegation and deter them

TEHRAN – An exhibition of poster and typography on the occasion of the first anniversary of the martyrdom of President Ebrahim Raisi and his companions was inaugurated at the Aali Gallery of Tehran’s Art Bureau on Tuesday.  Entitled “Servants of the Nation”, the exhibit displays works by a number of Iranian artists including Behnam Shirmohammadi,

BEIRUT — Ahead of the upcoming visit of Morgan Ortagus, President Donald Trump’s deputy special envoy for West Asia, Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas is visiting Beirut. An informed source said the Palestinian ambassador to Beirut, Ashraf Dabbour, indicated that President Joseph Aoun had sent a letter in advance expressing his hope that Abbas would