Survivors of a series of powerful earthquakes that struck western Afghanistan on Saturday have spent a second night sleeping amid the rubble of demolished villages as they search for loved ones using shovels. The death toll is approaching 3,000, according to senior Taliban officials.

Leading international airlines have suspended or reduced flights to Israel’s capital Tel Aviv amid the conflict with Hamas and escalating attacks on Gaza. About half of all scheduled flights at the airport did not operate on Sunday and a third were cancelled as of Monday evening.

The Lebanese armed group Hezbollah has fired a barrage of rockets into Israel after at least three of its members were killed during an Israeli bombardment of southern Lebanon amid soaring tensions on Israel’s northern border. Hezbollah in a statement on Monday said it had fired

A large demonstration in support of Palestinians in Gaza was held in London on Monday night. Protesters gathered outside the Israeli Embassy in the capital to demand an end to Israel’s occupation of Palestine. The event was organized by several UK groups, including Friends of

US President Joe Biden has been interviewed as part of a probe into his handling of classified documents after he left the vice-presidency in 2017. Mr Biden met voluntarily with Special Counsel Robert Hur at the White House over two days, officials said. Mr Hur was appointed after a

Twelve Thais have been killed and another 11 kidnapped by Palestinian Hamas militants who launched a mass assault from Gaza on Israel. Another eight Thai nationals have been injured in the violence since Saturday, said Thailand's foreign ministry. It said air force planes were

European Union Commissioner Oliver Varhelyi said Monday the bloc is suspending “all payments immediately” to the Palestinians because of what he called the “scale of terror and brutality” during the attacks on Israel by Hamas. The surprise announcement by

The Nobel Economics Prize was on Monday awarded to American economist Claudia Goldin for her research that has helped understand the role of women in the labour market. The 77-year-old Harvard professor, who is the third woman to be awarded the prestigious economics prize, was given

The United Nations Security Council (UNSC) has met behind closed doors in an emergency session amid the war between Israel and Gaza but failed to achieve the unanimity needed for a joint statement. At least 1,100 people have already been killed since Hamas, the Palestinian group that

The US says it is moving an aircraft carrier, ships and jets to the eastern Mediterranean and will also give Israel additional equipment and ammunition. It follows the Hamas attack on southern Israel, which President Biden called an "unprecedented and appalling assault".

Summary: About 1,000 people have been confirmed dead in Israel and Gaza after a massive co-ordinated assault by Hamas militants that started early Saturday In Gaza, air strikes have displaced 123,000 Palestinians with close to 74,000 seeking shelter in schools, the UN says Oil

Over 600 Israelis and around 370 in Gaza have been killed in a sudden and extensive attack launched by the Palestinian militant group Hamas on Saturday. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu pledged to reduce Hamas' hideouts in Gaza to rubble in response to the attack. The Palestinian

The Israeli military said on Sunday it fired artillery into an area of southern Lebanon where cross-border mortar fire took place. The Israeli army “has been taking preparational measures for this type of possibility and will continue to operate in all regions and at any time

Turkish forces have killed 58 Kurdish militants in northern Syria in overnight attacks on militant targets, the Defence Ministry said on Saturday, as conflict in the region escalated nearly a week after a bomb attack in Ankara. Turkiye this week said all targets belonging to the

At least 232 Palestinians have been killed in Israeli air attacks launched after a Hamas offensive against Israel that killed at least 200, reports Al-Jazeera. Medical sources in Gaza have told Al Jazeera the number of wounded people has exceeded 1,600 as Israel intensified its aerial

A powerful earthquake followed by strong aftershocks has killed more than 100 people in western Afghanistan, local officials said, as the United Nations warned that the death toll could rise as search and rescue efforts continue. The 6.3 magnitude earthquake struck 40km (24 miles) west

The Israeli military is still fighting with Hamas in parts of southern Israel after a brazen assault from Gaza. Fears of a huge ground invasion of Gaza are growing after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu promised to turn the besieged Palestinian enclave into a “deserted

A magnitude 6.3 earthquake hit western Afghanistan on Saturday killing 15 and injuring dozens more, officials said, predicting the toll could rise after reports of landslides and victims trapped under collapsed buildings. The United States Geological Survey said the epicenter was 40

At least 198 people have been killed and 1,610 wounded in the Palestinian enclave of Gaza during Israel’s retaliation after a deadly multi-pronged attack by Hamas forces into Israel, the health ministry says. The growing casualty toll on Saturday came after the Palestinian group

Dozens of gunmen from the Islamist militant group Hamas appear to have entered southern Israel in a surprise attack and are currently at large. Israel's military says it is striking targets in the Gaza Strip amid a "situational assessment". Earlier, dozens of rockets