A warning has gone out to seafarers in the Persian Gulf over what appear to be attempts by Iran’s Revolutionary Guard to compel ships to enter Iranian waters. While Iran has a history of harassing and impounding vessels,

This photo gallery, curated by photo editor Patrick Sison, highlights some of the most compelling images worldwide made or published by The Associated Press in the past week.

Israel kept thousands of Palestinians from returning to their homes in northern Gaza on Sunday as it accused Hamas of violating a fragile ceasefire by changing the

Since October, the Biden administration has sent about $121 million in taxpayer funds to UNRWA, the U.N. agency under scrutiny for its alleged ties to Hamas, the State Department said Tuesday. A ...

2024 Gazans in the Alma'azi refugee camp area in the center of the Gaza Strip and areas in eastern Deir al-Balah were told to evacuate to humanitarian zones. The IDF announced on Saturday ...

It is enough,” he said. Shurafa reported from Deir al-Balah, Gaza Strip. Associated Press writer Samy Magdy in Cairo contributed.

WASHINGTON — Two months ago, in his first network television interview after the election, Donald Trump said he owed his victory to Americans’ anger over immigration and inflation ...

Palestinians gathered in the garden of Al-Ahli Baptist Hospital in Gaza to celebrate after US President-elect Donald Trump's announcement of hostage deal, on January 15, 2025 in Deir al-Balah, Gaza.

That in turn could defuse tensions across the wider Middle East, where the war has stoked conflict in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, Lebanon, Syria, Yemen and Iraq, and raised fears of all-out war between arch regional foes Israel and Iran. With 98 ...

The 90 recently released Palestinian prisoners were women and teens, often imprisoned for social media posts. A large number had never even been charged with a crime. by Kathryn Shihadah…

In another serious violation of the ceasefire agreement, Israeli soldiers shot, on Sunday morning, four Palestinians in the Nuseirat refugee camp, in central Gaza. Media sources said the soldiers fired…

“We targeted a Merkava tank with a Yassin 105 shell east of Deir al-Balah city in central Gaza Strip. “We destroyed 4 Merkava tanks with a number of highly explosive devices on the advance axis east of Jabalia al-Balad, north of the Gaza Strip.