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Iran has vowed revenge for the April 1 airstrike on its embassy compound in Damascus, ratcheting up tension in a region already strained by the Gaza conflict

The head of Israeli military intelligence resigned on Monday over the failures surrounding Hamas' unprecedented Oct. 7 attack, the military said.

Israel remained on high alert Monday, but authorities lifted some emergency measures that had included a ban on some school activities and caps on large gatherings.

Pope Francis rallied from a winter-long bout of respiratory problems to lead some 60,000 people in Easter celebrations Sunday.

As the City of Kingston tries to whittle down its backlog of potential heritage properties, a few notable local buildings have been tapped for the honour.

Biden in the call also told Netanyahu that an “immediate ceasefire is essential” and urged Israel to reach deal "without delay," according to the White House.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has presented his first official "day after" plan for the Gaza Strip once the conflict there ends.

Israeli forces rescued two hostages early Monday, storming a heavily guarded apartment in the Gaza Strip and extracting the captives under fire in a dramatic raid.

The experts said the the Taliban and al-Qaida remain close, and “the high concentration of terrorist groups” in Afghanistan is undermining security in the region.

Palestinian militants carried out the deadliest single attack on Israel’s forces since the Hamas raid that triggered the conflict, killing 21 soldiers, the military said Tuesday.

President Joe Biden blamed Iran-backed militias for the first U.S. fatalities after months of strikes by the groups against American forces across the Middle East

The top UN court stopped short Friday of ordering a ceasefire in Gaza, but demanded Israel try to contain death and damage in its military offensive in the tiny coastal enclave.

U.S. President Joe Biden faced a difficult balancing act, blaming Iran and looking to strike back in a forceful way without causing any further escalation of the Gaza conflict.

The death toll in Gaza has surpassed 24,000, according to the Hamas-controlled Gaza health ministry, as the UN says delays in aid for the besieged territory may lead to famine.

Pope Francis delivered a list of the ills afflicting humanity and the increasing violation of international humanitarian law that allows them.

Police forces across Canada have reported a rise in what they suspect are hate-motivated incidents in recent months, many of them antisemitic.

The emails reveal the internal and external pressures on the schools to take positions on the conflict, and how administrators faced strong criticism no matter what they said.

Israel and Hamas struck a last-minute agreement on Thursday to extend their ceasefire for a seventh day, and Washington said it hoped the truce could be extended further.

The City of Moncton has reversed a controversial decision not to display religious symbols, including the menorah and nativity scene, outside City Hall. 

Kissinger, a controversial Nobel Peace Prize winner, had a hand in many of the epoch-changing global events of the 1970s while serving under Richard Nixon and Gerald Ford.