The conflict between Israel and the Palestinian people is one of the longest-running and most violent disputes in the world. Its origins go back more than a century. There have been a series of wars ...

On June 13, 2025, Israel launched a series of surprise airstrikes targeting Iran’s nuclear and military infrastructure in an attack Israeli officials claimed to be “preventative”. Israeli ambassador ...

Years of simmering tensions between Israel and Iran have broken into direct conflict, as the two arch foes trade missile attacks on an unprecedented scale. Israel launched “Operation Rising Lion” ...

Iran President Masoud Pezeshkian says Tehran is in a “total war” with the US, Israel and Europe amid airstrikes, nuclear tensions, sanctions and stalled talks. With Trump-Netanyahu talks ahead, fears ...

France and Saudi Arabia hope to use this year’s gathering of world leaders at the United Nations General Assembly and the increasingly horrific war in the Gaza Strip to inject new urgency into the ...

At least half of Americans express a high level of concern about several aspects of the Israel-Hamas war in Gaza – including starvation among Palestinians living there (55% say they are extremely or ...

A ceasefire brokered by U.S. President Donald Trump this week has put on hold Israel and Iran's fiercest confrontation, but the truce is already showing cracks. Two weeks ago, Israel launched strikes ...

• Early intel assessment: The US military’s strikes on three of Iran’s nuclear facilities over the weekend did not destroy the core components of its nuclear program and likely only set it back by ...

Michael Sfard has long proclaimed that someday, Israel’s occupation of the Palestinian territories will come to an end. The courageous Israeli human rights lawyer never predicted how many decades this ...

Pew Research Center conducted this study to better understand Americans’ views of the current conflict between Israel and Hamas. For this analysis, we surveyed 3,445 adults from Sept. 22 to 28, 2025.

Editor's Note: This page is a summary of news on the Mideast conflict from Tuesday, June 24. For the latest news on the Iran-Israel conflict, read USA TODAY's live updates on the conflict for ...

Eurovision is facing calls for boycotts again. (PA Images via Getty Images) The Eurovision Song Contest 2026 might still be six months off, but it's already dominating headlines thanks to yet another ...