The Middle East conflict has entered its fifth week, with attacks expanding across the region and raising risks to energy and infrastructure.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Sunday that Israel’s military will widen its ground campaign in southern Lebanon

Israeli police blocked Jerusalem's top Catholic leaders from entering the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, a centuries-old tradition to mark Palm Sunday. The Latin Patriarchate in Jerusalem said Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa,

The country's Revolutionary Guard warned that Iran would consider Israeli universities and branches of U.S. universities in the region “legitimate targets” unless offered safety assurances for Iranian universities,

The test was in line with Kim Jong Un's goals of targeting the U.S., but some experts speculate the claim may be exaggerated.

The move marks its first direct involvement in the U.S.- and Israeli-led war against Iran. Asia-Pacific markets fell sharply on Monday as the Middle East war entered its fifth week, with the conflict escalating despite efforts aimed at finding a diplomatic solution.

Violence erupted in the central Haitian town of Petite-Rivière de l’Artibonite early Sunday morning as a powerful gang warred with a vigilante group, regional officials confirmed to The Associated Press.

Any EU nation can negotiate on its own or in coalitions to deport migrants to facilities yet to be built outside the bloc.