Middle East

Palestinian authorities say 180 bodies recovered from Nasser Medical Complex so far as Israel continues deadly attacks on Gaza.

Israeli forces killed 14 Palestinians during a raid in the occupied West Bank on Saturday, while an ambulance driver was killed as he went to pick up wounded.

Thousands of Israeli demonstrators took to the streets on Saturday to call for new elections and demand the government to bring the hostages held in Gaza home.

In a vote of 12 in favour to one against, with two abstentions, the Council did not adopt a draft resolution that would have recommended the General Assembly to hold a vote with the broader UN membership to allow Palestine to join as a full UN Member State.

Explosions echoed over an Iranian city on Friday in what sources described as an Israeli attack, but Tehran played down the incident and indicated it had no plans for retaliation.

Israel launched a limited direct military attack on Iranian soil early Friday morning, days after Iran launched its first-ever direct attack on Israel.

The United Arab Emirates experienced torrential rainfall and severe flash floods on Tuesday. The flooding was worsened by to UAE's cloud seeding practice to address water scarcity. The weather modification method involves getting clouds to drop more precipitation.

Eight people believed to be law enforcement officers tasked with protecting aid have been killed in an Israeli army attack on their vehicle in Gaza City.

Israelis await PM Netanyahu's response to Iran's unprecedented direct attack, as international calls for restraint rise with the Middle East conflict's escalation fears. Iran retaliates but seeks no further conflict.