Brooklyn: More than ever, it is apparent that we need term and age limits in our government. There are presently 20 members of Congress at the age of 80 or older. Many of them hold powerful positions on their committees due to seniority, with many serving 20 years or more in their positions.

Houthi rebels in Yemen say an airstrike hit the capital Sana'a after the Iran-backed group claimed to have attacked Israel. Both sides have increased fighting in recent days. Meanwhile, a new front has opened up in the war in Gaza a battle of the elements. Holly Williams reports.

Negotiations between Israel and Hamas to implement a Gaza cease-fire and free the remaining Israelis held hostage there remained stalled Friday as the White House laid blame on the Palestinian militants.

Israel has severely weakened Hamas and Hezbollah. Now it's going after another member of Iran's so-called axis of resistance: the Houthi rebels of Yemen.

The territorys health ministry said a strike on the hospital a day earlier killed five medical staff.

A second Democratic Florida legislator has switched parties to the GOP this month, citing her former partys lack of unified support for Israel. State Rep. Hillary Cassel (R) said in a statement posted on X on Friday that she is not making the decision lightly, but she is joining the Republican Conference because she believes...

Associated Press: A lead organization monitoring for food crises around the world withdrew a new report this week warning of imminent famine in north Gaza under what it called Israels […]

"Our problem is not with Israel. We don't want to meddle in anything that will threaten Israel's security," Damascus Governor Maher Marwan tells NPR. Syria and Israel have never had diplomatic ties.

Israel's military said it was conducting operations against Hamas infrastructure and fighters in the area of the hospital

Israeli airstrikes struck multiple targets inside Yemen on Thursday, including its international airport. The head of the United Nations' World Health Organization was inside during the attack. Also on Thursday in Gaza, Israel hit a TV broadcast van, killing five journalists inside, according to the Hamas-run health ministry. Israel claims its strike targeted militants who were "posing as journali...

Politics, Geopolitics & Conflict Tensions continue to rise in Syria after the fall of Assad, with various internal and external forces jockeying for position in a power vacuum. Earlier this week, Assad loyalists ambushed and killed 14 interior ministry troops near the Mediterranean port city of Tartous. Israel has continued to bombard Houthi targets in Yemen, with a barrage on Thursday that struck...

Youssef Abu El-Rish, the Hamas-appointed deputy health minister, said Israeli forces had set fire to the surgical department and laboratory and a storehouse.

Israels attorney-general has ordered an investigation into Sara Netanyahu, the prime ministers wife, on suspicion of harassing witnesses and obstructing justice in her husbands corruption cases, the Financial Times reports.

Israeli and U.S. officials involved in the negotiations for a Gaza hostage and ceasefire deal say they are concerned that the odds of an agreement before President-elect Donald Trump takes […]

At least 59 people were killed in Israeli airstrikes on Gaza, 50 of them in a strike on a building in the most northern part of the strip near the Kamal Adwan Hospital in Beit Lahia.

Kirby said the hold up is because the remaining issues to sort out have become subject to more detailed discussions. But the administration is working as hard as it can to "try to get a cease-fire deal in place before we leave office.

The Combat Antisemitism Movement cites a video of woman with a banner and text that reads: "New York police removed a banner dropped by pro-Palestine activists in ... mall in protest of the Israeli genocide in Gaza."