Middle East

Clashes have raged in the southern Syrian city of Sweida after a ceasefire between government forces and Druze armed groups collapsed and as Israel threatens to escalate its involvement.

The United Nations says more than 800 people have been killed trying to access aid in Gaza since May.

MAX BOOT: Trump has promised more weapons, new tariffs and even a deadline for peace — a move that could mark the beginning of a radically different approach to Putin’s war.

Israel has reportedly pledged to reduce its military presence in Gaza as indirect negotiations with the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas in the Qatari capital Doha stall. 

Several people, including children, have been killed at a Gaza Strip water distribution site in an Israeli attack that the military says fell ‘dozens of metres from the target’.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says he’s hopeful a new Hamas hostage deal can be made in the next ‘few days’.

At least 16 people, including 10 children, have been killed by an Israeli strike that hit near a medical centre in Gaza, as ceasefire talks drag on.

Hamas says it will release 10 hostages as part of ongoing ceasefire talks in Gaza, but called the negotiations ‘tough’, blaming Israel’s refusal to compromise.

The Trump Administration has imposed sanctions on a top United Nations advocate for Palestinian rights, with Secretary of State Marco Rubio accusing her of ‘biased and malicious activities’.

Despite talks between US President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to end the Middle East conflict, the ceasefire deal could take several days to finalise.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has nominated US President Donald Trump for a Nobel Peace Prize for his role in ending the 12-day war with Iran.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said he hopes an upcoming meeting with US President Donald Trump could ‘help advance’ a Gaza ceasefire deal, as he heads for Washington DC.

Netanyahu and other Israeli leaders have slammed the attempted arson of a Melbourne synagogue and a nearby restaurant.

Ukraine has struck a major Russian air base as Moscow bombards Kyiv and western regions with hundreds of drones in one of the most intense escalations of the war yet.

CCTV images have been released of a man wanted over a shocking arson attack on an East Melbourne synagogue, as police probe a second incident where masked protesters stormed a nearby Israeli restaurant.