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Hamas studies truce proposal six months into Gaza...
Hamas said Tuesday it was considering a new framework for a truce proposed during the latest round of negotiations in Cairo, as Pa...
Hamas, Israel discuss Gaza truce
Hamas said Monday it is studying a proposal for a truce and hostage-prisoner swap after talks in Cairo, as Israel's defence minist...
Israel, Hamas dampen hopes for speedy Gaza truce d...
Israel and Hamas both dampened hopes on Monday of a speedy breakthrough in Cairo talks towards a Gaza truce and hostage release de...
Six months into war, Israel pulls troops out of so...
Israel pulled its forces out of the southern Gaza Strip on Sunday in a partial withdrawal that came half a year into the war spark...
Why unprotected eclipse gazing will leave you seei...
Just a single, unguarded glance at a solar eclipse can result in a lifetime of vision loss, eye health experts warn.
Gaza truce talks on, after aid worker death outcry
American, Israeli and Hamas negotiators are expected in Cairo over the weekend in a renewed push for a ceasefire and hostage relea...
Israel announces 'temporary' opening of aid routes...
Israel announced on Friday that it would allow "temporary" aid deliveries into famine-threatened northern Gaza, hours after the Un...
US company withdraws ALS drug after it fails in tr...
Amylyx Pharmaceuticals announced Thursday it was withdrawing its approved treatment against the deadly neurodegenerative disease A...
Biden, Netanyahu to speak by phone following Gaza...
US President Joe Biden and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu are set to speak on Thursday in their first phone call since...
What we know about how 'forever chemicals' affect...
Invisible, omnipresent "forever chemicals" have been linked to a wide range of serious effects on human health, prompting growing...
Diabetes drug shows promise against Parkinson's in...
A drug used to treat diabetes slowed the progression of motor issues associated with Parkinson's disease, a study published in the...
World facing last chance to keep pandemic accord a...
Countries thrashing out a historic agreement on tackling future pandemics have one month to bridge their differences because failu...
World Bank estimates damage to Gaza critical infra...
The World Bank says the Israel-Hamas war has caused damage of around $18.5 billion to Gaza's critical infrastructure, according to...
Israel blamed as Gaza strike kills 7 staff of US f...
A US-based charity group on Tuesday blamed Israel for a strike that killed seven of its staff unloading food brought by sea to the...
Aid workers killed in strike on Gaza
A food aid organisation said an Israeli strike killed several of its workers in the besieged Gaza Strip on Monday, with the health...
Person in Texas infected with bird flu through dai...
A person in the US state of Texas is recovering from bird flu after being exposed to dairy cattle, officials said Monday amid grow...
Death and ruins at Gaza's shattered Al-Shifa hospi...
Hundreds of people stared at the smoke-blackened ruins of Gaza's biggest hospital on Monday, horrified by the damage and death lef...
Texan infected with bird flu through dairy cattle
A person in the US state of Texas is recovering from bird flu after being exposed to dairy cattle, officials said Monday amid grow...
US says person infected with bird flu through dair...
A person in the United States is recovering from bird flu after being exposed to dairy cattle, officials said Monday amid rising c...
Greece hit again by high temperatures, Saharan dus...
Thick clouds of dust blown in from the Sahara once again covered Greek skies Monday, especially Athens and Thessalonika, with temp...
Gaza's Al-Shifa hospital devastated in two-week ba...
Israeli forces on Monday pulled out of Gaza's largest hospital complex after an intensive two-week military operation, leaving beh...
Israel PM to undergo hernia surgery as Gaza war ra...
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was to undergo hernia surgery on Sunday, his office said, as fighting raged almost six m...
Pope Francis presides over Easter Sunday Mass
Pope Francis on Sunday gave Easter Mass with tens of thousands of Catholics at Saint Peter's Square in Vatican City before his tra...
Catholics gather to hear Pope Francis give Easter...
Tens of thousands of Catholics will gather Sunday at Saint Peter's Square in Vatican City to hear Pope Francis give Easter Mass an...
Pope leads Easter Vigil after health concerns
Pope Francis took part in the Easter Vigil service at the Vatican on Saturday, a day after the last-minute cancellation of his pre...
WHO says 9,000 patients need emergency evacuation...
Some 9,000 patients in the Gaza Strip require evacuation for emergency care, with the war-torn Palestinian territory down to just...
Heavy clashes, more deadly aid chaos in war-ravage...
Heavy clashes and explosions shook Gaza, witnesses said on Saturday, as the Red Crescent reported several people killed during the...
Parents find solace at Hong Kong's 'Forever Love'...
Behind the doors of a terracotta-pink building with sloping arches is a facility unlike any other in Hong Kong -- the city's sole...
Israel's Netanyahu approves new Gaza ceasefire tal...
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu approved Friday new talks on a Gaza ceasefire, a day after the world's top court ordered...
Pandemic accord talks heading for extra time
Two years of talks towards striking a landmark global agreement on pandemic prevention were headed for overtime Thursday, with a b...
Athens chokes in clouds of Sahara dust
Athenians are choking in clouds of thick dust blown in from the Sahara along with unseasonably warm weather, weather forecasters a...
Japan drugmaker reports two more deaths in supplem...
A Japanese drugmaker whose dietary supplements are at the centre of a growing health scare reported on Thursday two more deaths po...