It appeared to be the first time the Israeli military said it struck targets in Gaza since the ceasefire between Israel and Hamas began. Meanwhile, hundreds of Palestinians were trapped in a hospital by an Israeli military operation in the occupied West Bank that has killed at least 10 people in two days.

Yemen’s Houthi rebels have released the 25-person crew of the Galaxy Leader, a vehicle carrier seized in November 2023 at the start of their attacks on shipping in the Red Sea corridor. The rebels said Wednesday they released the sailors after mediation by Oman.

A militant resistance group, the National Mobilization Front, took responsibility for the killing, saying the man was working with Taliban intelligence. Interior Ministry spokesman Abdul Mateen Qani said the Chinese man was working for a mining company. Chinese firms have sought to pursue opportunities in Afghanistan’s vast, undeveloped resource deposits.

The Taliban won’t return any of the military equipment left behind by the U.S. troops while exiting Afghanistan in 2021, a person familiar with the matter said, as relations between Kabul and the Donald Trump administration start on a wobbly note.

Scores of Afghan relatives of American service members who are awaiting relocation are now stuck in Afghanistan amid President Donald Trump’s halt to the nation’s resettlement program, according to a Reuters report confirmed by refugee advocates.

Shortly after suspected Jewish settlers stormed Palestinian villages in the occupied West Bank late Monday, setting cars and property ablaze, U.S. President Donald Trump canceled sanctions against Israelis accused of violence in the territory.

The amendments give Islamic courts increased authority over family matters, including marriage, divorce and inheritance. Activists argue that this undermines Iraq’s 1959 Personal Status Law, which unified family law and established safeguards for women.

Iran needs to reach an understanding over its atomic activity with the administration of Donald Trump in order to avoid being dragged into another military conflict in the Middle East, according to the world’s top nuclear regulator.

Palestinians in Gaza are confronting an apocalyptic landscape of devastation after a ceasefire paused more than 15 months of fighting between Israel and Hamas.

Israel’s top general resigned Tuesday, taking responsibility for security failures tied to Hamas’ surprise attack that triggered the war in Gaza and adding to pressure on Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who has delayed any public inquiry that could potentially implicate his leadership.