The Latest Breaking News on War in Ukraine

The IDF says it has targeted Hamas and Islamic Jihad militants, but thousands of civilians, including children, have been killed

Swedish minister said the damage to a telecommunications cable earlier in October was through external ‘tampering’

Prices for Russian oil have risen well above a price cap imposed by Western allies as part of sanctions over the invasion of Ukraine

Not counting periodic cross-border skirmishes, Israel has fought three major wars against Hamas since withdrawing its forces from Gaza in 2005 – in 2008, 2014 and 2021. Each involved limited ground incursions, with Israeli soldiers in Gaza for about a fortnight.

Hamas has released two female captives for humanitarian reasons and in response to a Qatari-Egyptian mediation, according to a statement by Abu Ubaida, the spokesman of the group's armed wing, on its Telegram channel. The release came amid fears of a widening war as Israel escalated its attacks on the…

Russia making bloody drive for linchpin town of Avdiivka; all killed in Russian strike on sorting centre were postal workers

US diplomat Blinken was speaking as the possibility of the conflict spreading across the Middle East rises.

The blast was caused by a Russian S-300 rocket, Kharkiv governor Oleh Syniehubov said

Residents of Gaza told The Independent that air raids had never been so heavy and supplies are running out

Republican Senate minority leader says he and president are ‘in the same place’ on support linked to both conflicts

As one of few countries that have contact with both Hamas and Israel, Turkey would like to negotiate a lasting peace.