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The bombardment forced northern Gaza's main hospital to close and direct strikes were reported at the site

As Israel continues to pound Gaza with airstrikes, killing scores of people a day, the two-month ceasefire that brought a halt to the violence earlier this year feels like a distant memory.

Iran's Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said Sunday his country would keep enriching uranium "with or without a deal" with world powers, despite ongoing negotiations over its nuclear programme.

The French research vessel Tara is sailing the French coast to push for stronger ocean protections ahead of next month’s United Nations summit in Nice. The schooner left Brittany in March and is stopping in ports around the country to raise awareness about climate change, pollution and threats to marine…

Netanyahu signals openness to deal with Hamas and says Israel will allow some aid into Gaza

History shows that if western governments mount a defense, the human rights movement will survive this rough patch

Gaza's civil defence agency said Israeli air strikes on Sunday killed at least 33 people, more than half of them children, a day after Israel announced an expanded military campaign in the besieged territory.

Nestled in the green hills of Masisi territory in Congo, the artisanal Rubaya mining site hums with the sound of generators, as hundreds of men labor by hand to extract coltan, a key mineral crucial for producing modern electronics and defense technology

The US, UK and others routinely flout international law. That’s why there’s scant hope for a new tribunal on crimes against Ukraine, says Guardian foreign affairs commentator Simon Tisdall

The Indian space agency’s mission to launch into orbit a new Earth observation satellite has failed after the launch vehicle encountered a technical issue during the third stage of flight

Hundreds of Rwandan refugees who have been living in eastern Congo since the 1994 genocide in Rwanda have been repatriated