Archaeologists in central Israel are excavating one of the world's oldest known burial sites, dating back 100,000 years. It is offering evidence that is reshaping our understanding of early humans.

Dozens of ministers will gather at the United Nations on Monday for a delayed conference, but the U.S. and Israel are boycotting the event.

The U.N. General Assembly is bringing high-level officials together to promote a two-state solution to the decades-old Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

The United States blew through about a quarter of its supply of high-end THAAD missile interceptors during Israel’s 12-day war with Iran in June, according to two sources familiar with the operation,

The UN has welcomed the pause, which comes as the WHO warns malnutrition has reached "alarming levels" in Gaza.

The rebel Houthi group in Yemen has said it will target merchant ships belonging to any company that does business with Israeli ports, regardless of nationality, as part of what it described as the next phase of its operations against Israel.

A rift is emerging between the US and Israel over Syria, after Israeli airstrikes hit the capital Damascus last week. Fareed speaks with Atlantic contributing writer Robert Worth about the shifting alliances shaping the Middle East after the fall of the country’s former dictator,

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