Blinken lands in Israel with eye toward balancing support for IDF, civilians in Gaza

Secretary of State Antony Blinken arrived in Israel Friday to press the Israeli government on its ongoing offensive in Gaza amid growing international condemnation and a steadily mounting civilian death toll, CNN reports.

At least 36 journalists killed since Israeli-Palestinian conflict broke out

At least 36 journalists have been killed as a result of the latest Israeli-Palestinian escalation, the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) said, TASS agency reports.

More than 165,000 Afghans flee Pakistan after deportation order

More than 165,000 Afghans have fled Pakistan in the month since its government ordered 1.7 million people to leave or face arrest and deportation, officials said Thursday, AFP reports.

China agrees to nuclear arms-control talks with US

China has agreed to hold nuclear arms control talks with the United States next week, the first since the Obama administration, the Wall Street Journal reported on Wednesday.

Northwest Europe affected by Storm Ciarán, a powerful autumn storm

Europe went on high alert today as a storm dubbed Ciarán threatens to bring gale-force winds and extreme rainfall to the region.

F-16s for Ukraine to arrive in Romania within two weeks

The first U.S.-made F-16 combat aircraft the Netherlands is donating to Ukraine will arrive in Romania's training center within two weeks, outgoing Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte said on Mondaym, Reuters reports.

Princess Leonor swears to Spanish Constitution

Princess Leonor, the heir to the Spanish throne, has pledged her allegiance to the constitution in a ceremony that was boycotted by republican government ministers and Catalan and Basque nationalist MPs, The Guardian reports.

The border point between Gaza and Egypt was opened. Crowds of people are waiting to enter Egypt

The Rafah border crossing between Gaza and Egypt has opened for the first time in more than three weeks of brutal conflict to allow the evacuation of dozens of injured Palestinians requiring hospital treatment and hundreds of foreign passport holders, The Guardian reports.

Jabalia: Israel air strike reportedly kills dozens at Gaza refugee camp

An Israeli air strike is reported to have killed dozens of people at Jabalia refugee camp in northern Gaza, BBC reports.

Kazakhstan mourns after ArcelorMittal mine disaster kills 45

Kazakhstan was in national mourning on Sunday after 45 people died in a fire at an ArcelorMittal mine, the worst accident in the central Asian country’s post-Soviet history, The Guardian reports.

Israel-Hamas war // Gaza Strip: Attacks near a Palestinian Red Crescent hospital

The Palestinian Red Crescent expressed its concern on Tuesday following the attacks launched near one of its hospitals in the north of the Gaza Strip, where civilians have taken refuge from the Israeli bombardment, reports Agerpres.ro.

The US announces that Hamas is setting conditions to allow departures from the Gaza Strip

The Islamist group Hamas sets conditions to allow departures from the Gaza Strip, the US State Department announced on Monday through spokesman Matthew Miller, quoted by Reuters and Agerpres.