Amid reports of intensifying bombardment in Gaza City overnight, the Middle East crisis took centre stage at the UN on Tuesday, starting at the global body's Geneva headquarters, where Israel rejected allegations of genocide by an international panel of independent human rights investigators.

U.S. officials said it was still unclear just how much the Israelis had shared beforehand about the attack, amid conflicting narratives.

Israel's deadly airstrikes this week targeting Iran-backed rebels in Yemen have damaged residential areas in the country's capital of Sanaa, leaving many houses in ruins and residents without help from authorities and unable to afford repairs on their own.

The Security Council is meeting in emergency session to discuss Israel’s strike on the capital of Qatar, Doha, which targeted Hamas’ political leadership on Tuesday. The UN’s political affairs chief told ambassadors the attack in violation of Qatar’s sovereignty was a serious threat to regional peace and security – undermining international mediation efforts to end the war in Gaza and return the hostages.

JERUSALEM -- Israeli protesters demanding a deal to free hostages in Gaza attempted to shut down the country Sunday in one of the largest and fiercest protests in 22 months of war. Organizers, representing the families of hostages, asserted that hundreds ...

Almost a year after the start of a fragile ceasefire, the Israeli army continues to occupy areas in southern Lebanon.

Israel’s minister of culture has vowed to cut funding for the country’s film academy and its annual awards show after a movie about a Palestinian boy’s dream of seeing the ocean won big.