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Donald Trump's Middle East envoy and son-in-law, Jared Kushner, is seeking to gain Israeli backing for the US-backed Gaza peace plan.

Iran claims they have been held since Qatar downed two fighter jets at the start of the US-Iran war.

The Trump administration is said to be unbothered by the Israeli prime minister's rejection of the deal, viewing it as campaign rhetoric ahead of a general election.

Israel's PM says its military will not pull out from Gaza until Hamas is "genuinely" disarmed.

Israel is planning large-scale land expropriations in historic, Palestinian areas of the West Bank.

How we tracked down "The Spider" who was once one of the most-feared men in Syria.

The Houthis say they launched missiles and drones at "Saudi military build-ups" in the central provinces of Marib and Hadramawt.

Yinon Levy is charged with reckless manslaughter over the July 2025 shooting of Odeh Hathaleen.

Lebanese authorities says one person was killed in the strikes, which came after the first Israeli military fatalities in Lebanon in more than a month.

Amal Khalil was killed and her colleague Zeinab Faraj wounded in an Israeli attack in April; Israel denied targeting the journalists.

There were among seven to be granted humanitarian visas while playing in Australia - but the other five changed their minds and returned to Iran.

Neither the US or Oman have commented on the proposed agreement on the vital waterway.

Volker Türk says 56 people have been executed on national security-related charges, including 27 in cases linked to January's protests.

All 14 people on board the Indian-flagged vessel were safely rescued, India's ministry of external affairs says.

Egyptian authorities say the alleged scam involved fabricated scenes in court as part of a plot to defraud people.

There have been conflicting signals from the US and Iran, with Tehran denying President Trump's assertion that talks are under way.

The bodies - belonging to members of two extended families - have only recently been recovered from under rubble in Gaza City.

Thousands of young people in Gaza are pursuing roles in the digital economy as the territory's wider recovery stalls.

Fresh attacks on alternative shipping routes have left tankers facing an increasingly complex situation, analysts say.

Israel says it was targeting military operatives in the strikes on Gaza City, Khan Younis and Deir el-Balah.