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.

Afghanistan’s government accused Pakistan’s military of shelling the outskirts of an eastern Afghan city on Sunday, killing one person and wounding more than a dozen in the latest episode of renewed fighting between the two neighboring countries.

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.

Two-time Olympic gold medalist Caster Semenya calls out IOC president Kirsty Coventry, a fellow African woman: "You cannot control genetics."