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Israel’s security cabinet approved the expansion of military operations in Gaza including the “conquest” of the Palestinian territory, an official said Monday, after the army called up tens of thousands of reservists for the offensive.

It comes as the United Nations and aid organisations have repeatedly warned of the humanitarian catastrophe on the ground, with famine again looming after more than two months of a total Israeli blockade.

The plan, approved by the cabinet overnight, includes the…

Israel’s security cabinet approved the expansion of military operations in Gaza including the “conquest” of the Palestinian territory, an official said Monday, after the army called up tens of thousands of reservists for the offensive.

The plan, approved overnight, includes the holding of territories in the besieged Gaza Strip and comes alongside Israel’s promotion of Gaza’s residents to leave, the official said.

Israel resumed major operations across Gaza on March 18 amid deadlock over how to…

Yemen’s Huthis on Monday accused the United States of carrying out strikes in and around Sanaa, after the Iran-backed rebels claimed a missile strike on Israel’s main airport.

The Huthi-run Saba news agency said the strikes included two on Arbaeen Street in the capital and the airport road, blaming them on “American aggression”.

Sixteen people were wounded, Saba cited the Iran-backed rebels’ health ministry as saying.

The accusation came after Israel said a missile fired from Yemen struck…

Several thousand Turkish Cypriots took to the streets of Nicosia on Friday to protest a new regulation allowing Islamic headscarves in secondary schools—part of a growing backlash against Turkiye’s perceived imposition of religious and political influence over the breakaway north.

The March regulation, introduced in the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC)—recognised only by Turkiye—permits high school pupils to wear hijabs, with middle schools…