Israel spent 112 billion shekels ($31 billion) on its military conflicts in Gaza and Lebanon in 2024, the Finance Ministry ...

Former Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte said he takes full responsibility for his administration's "war on drugs", in a ...

Hamas says it will only release an American-Israeli and the bodies of four other hostages if Israel implements the existing ...

The increase in war spending pushed the budget deficit to 6.8 per cent of GDP in 2024. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Israel’s leaders promised that their military campaign in Gaza would help save the lives of hostages. At least 41 have died ...

Gaza's civil defence agency said nine people including journalists were killed in Israeli strikes on Saturday, attacks which ...

Arab mediators are working to reach a new Israel-Hamas ceasefire deal that would secure the release of 12 living hostages out ...

The ceasefire that began in mid-January brought a pause in Israel's campaign of bombardment and ground offensives in Gaza ...

An Israeli air strike killed three Palestinian men in Gaza on Monday as they tried to gather firewood, medics said, with no sign of progress from renewed talks on sustaining a ceasefire deal between ...

Hamas says it has accepted a proposal from mediators to release one living American-Israeli hostage and the bodies of four dual-nationals who had died in captivity.