Middle East News Headlines
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Israel fights a seemingly endless war in Gaza's most devastated region
More than a year into a war that has ricocheted across the Middle East, Israeli troops are still battling Hamas in the most heavily destroyed and isolated part of the Gaza Strip
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Rocket fire from Lebanon kills 7 in Israel as US officials try to push for cease-fires
Israeli authorities say rocket barrages fired from Lebanon have killed four Thai agricultural workers and three Israelis in northern Israel in the deadliest cross-border strikes from the country since Israel launched its ground invasion
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Longtime PEN America CEO Suzanne Nossel is stepping down to head Freedom House
The CEO of PEN America has stepped down after more than a decade marked by substantial growth and recent controversy
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UN report warns of famine, aggravated by conflicts and climate shocks
Severe food crises threaten hundreds of thousands in vulnerable areas, including Sudan, South Sudan, Haiti, Mali and the Palestinian territories, where populations face or approach famine, a report by the United Nations’ food agencies says
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Some US Muslims struggle to find a candidate they can tolerate supporting for president
Just four years ago, most U.S. Muslim voters supported Democratic President Joe Biden
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A new push to wind down the Middle East wars faces familiar challenges
The United States and other mediators are ramping up efforts to halt the wars in Lebanon and the Gaza Strip
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AP-NORC poll finds Democrats and Republicans split on Israel's responsibility for war's escalation
Many American voters are concerned that the ongoing situation in the Middle East will escalate into an even broader conflict
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Israel's move to ban a UN agency raises alarm about aid to Gaza even as the implications are unclear
Israeli legislation cutting ties with the U.N. agency for Palestinian refugees has raised fears that the largest provider of aid to Gaza could be shut out of the war-ravaged territory, even as the implications of the new laws remain unclear
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Israeli strikes in northern Gaza kill at least 88, officials say
Gaza's Health Ministry says two Israeli strikes in the northern Gaza Strip killed at least 88 people
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McDonald's US sales rebound on value meals, but E. coli outbreak could slow that momentum
Value meals helped turn around McDonald’s U.S. sales in the third quarter
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