The UN human rights office has issued a report Wednesday saying Palestinian detainees taken by Israeli authorities since the Oct. 7 attacks in Gaza have faced waterboarding, sleep deprivation, electric shocks and other torture and mistreatment.

Ismail Haniyeh, the chief of the political bureau of the Palestinian Resistance Movement Hamas, was killed in an attack on his residence in Tehran early Wednesday morning according to a statement by Iran’s Revolutionary Guards Corps.

Beirut: Israel's military said Tuesday it carried out a strike on Beirut targeting the commander allegedly behind the deaths of 12 children and teens in a rocket attack on the Israeli-controlled Golan Heights over the weekend.

US Vice President Kamala Harris has condemned the recent rocket attack in the Israel-occupied Golan Heights, reaffirming her support for Israel's security. Her national security adviser, Phil Gordon, shared this statement on Sunday.

A rocket strike on Saturday at a soccer field killed at least 12 children and teens, Israeli authorities said, in the deadliest strike on an Israeli target along the country's northern border since the fighting between Israel and the Lebanese group Hezbollah began. It raised fears of a broader regional war.

Deir Al-Balah (Gaza Strip): Israeli airstrikes hit a school being used by displaced people in central Gaza on Saturday, killing dozens, as the country's negotiators prepared to meet international mediators to discuss a proposed cease-fire.

Washington D.C.: Dr. Kevin O'Connor, the physician to President Joe Biden, defended the President's mental acuity on Thursday, describing it as "excellent." This statement comes shortly after Biden announced his decision not to seek reelection, a move that surprised many.

Kamala Harris will be a "fantastic President of the United States," former president Barack Obama said on Friday, as he and his wife Michelle endorsed her and vowed to do "everything we can" to enable her to win the high-stakes elections against Donald Trump in November.