Swooping low over the banks of a Nile River tributary, an aid flight run by retired American military officers released a stream of food-stuffed sacks over a town emptied by fighting in South Sudan, a country wracked by conflict.

Actor Javier Bardem describes Gaza situation as "genocide" on "The View," highlighting Palestinian children's suffering and civilians alleged to have been killed while seeking aid.

Organisers of a march to the Egyptian border with Gaza said on Tuesday that three participants were abducted by plainclothes officers in Cairo amid a wave of arbitrary detentions, deportations and abuse by security forces.

Several large explosions lit up the night skies over the Gaza Strip early on Wednesday. There were no immediate reports of casualties or damage.

Christiane Amanpour is joined by Pulitzer prize-winning poet Mosab Abu Toha, who describes what life is like for his family members remaining in Gaza.

GENEVA (Reuters) -World Health Organization officials said that it had received reports of a mass casualty incident on Tuesday that affected people waiting for food supplies, saying that initial reports point to at least 20 fatalities.

The ongoing bloodshed in Gaza is drawing less attention with the international community distracted by the new regional conflict between Israel and Iran.

No European government wants to see a nuclear-armed regime in Tehran—but leaders’ support for Israel comes with limits.