Middle East

Ayatollah Ali Khamenei dismissed any discussion of whether Tehran’s retaliatory barrage of airstrikes on Israel a week earlier hit anything there.
The Israel-Iran issue remains delicate for the president as he gears up his reelection effort amid tensions in the Middle East, Russia and Indo-Pacific.
After years of navigating the complicated U.S. immigration system, she had to make a bleak choice: send her children home alone, or stay with them and face violence.
Israel has carried out near-daily air raids on Rafah, where more than half of Gaza's population of 2.3 million has sought refuge from fighting elsewhere.
Some Democrats voted against providing aid amid left-wing criticism of the U.S. administration’s policy on supporting Israel.
The House is preparing to vote on approval of $95 billion in foreign aid for Ukraine, Israel and other U.S. allies.
The strike late Friday hit a residential building in the western Tel Sultan neighborhood of Rafah.
An attack on Rafah, the last refuge in Gaza, appears imminent — and ongoing Israel-Iran tensions are complicating hopes President Joe Biden will stop it.
Israel and Iran on Friday both played down an apparent Israeli airstrike near a major air base and nuclear site in central Iran.
Workers protested against Project Nimbus, a joint contract with Amazon to provide the Israeli government and military with AI and cloud services.