A Palestinian soccer pitch in the occupied West Bank city of Bethlehem has been spared from a planned Israeli demolition order following international pressure, according to media reports.
The president of global soccer governing body FIFA, Gianni (...)
Israeli crews on Tuesday began bulldozing the headquarters of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestinian Refugees (UNRWA) in the Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood of East Jerusalem, escalating a long-running dispute between Israel and the (...)
Iran's Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi has slammed the World Economic Forum (WEF) for revoking an invitation to the annual meeting in Davos over his country's crackdown on recent protests, accusing the forum of applying "blatant double standards" (...)
Iran's supreme leader has for the first time publicly acknowledged that thousands of people were killed during recent protests, blaming the United States for the violence.
In a speech on Saturday, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said thousands had been (...)
The Trump administration imposed new sanctions on Friday targeting Iran-backed Houthi networks involved in oil transfers, weapons procurement and smuggling operations that Washington says help finance the group's attacks and destabilizing (...)
Japan and the Philippines signed two defence pacts on Thursday, including a deal allowing their forces to exchange supplies and services, with both countries seeking to strengthen security cooperation in response to rising regional tensions and to (...)
Israel is grappling with a dramatic increase in post-traumatic stress disorder and suicide among its troops as fighting persists in Gaza and Lebanon and as tensions flare with Iran, Reuters reported citing recent reports by the country's Defense (...)
An Israeli military helicopter crashed during a recovery operation near Bethlehem in the southern occupied West Bank on Friday, the Israeli army said.
The Black Hawk helicopter went down while being airlifted after making an emergency landing (...)
Palestinians in Gaza have expressed skepticism about US President Donald Trump's announcement that the second phase of the ceasefire agreement has begun, amid a continuing humanitarian crisis and ongoing Israeli attacks.
Israeli forces have (...)
US President Donald Trump has said he has been told "the killing in Iran has stopped", but the US president has not ruled out military action against the country over its violent crackdown on anti-government protesters.
The United States has (...)
Three Palestine Action activists awaiting trial have ended their 73-day-long hunger strike protest in prison after the UK government decided not to award a major contract to the British subsidiary of an Israeli arms company.
In a statement issued by (...)
Iran's military is at its "peak of defensive readiness" and will "confront any aggression", the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) has said, as the United States ramped up its rhetoric in support of the protesters in the country.
Missile (...)
US envoy Steve Witkoff announced the launch of phase two of President Donald Trump's plan to end the war in Gaza, outlining the establishment of a technocratic Palestinian government alongside the territory's reconstruction and full (...)
Israel announced on Tuesday that it was withdrawing from several international organizations, including two UN agencies, while ordering a wider review of cooperation with others.
Israel's foreign ministry said persistent bias, politicisation and (...)
President Donald Trump has been briefed on strong options as he weighs whether to order a US military response against the Iranian government over a violent crackdown on protests that have left more than 600 people dead, but is holding off for now (...)
Organizers of Australia's much-loved literary festival canceled the event Tuesday after more than 180 writers and speakers withdrew to protest the scrapping of an appearance by a Palestinian-Australian writer and academic.
The annual Adelaide (...)
Iran on Monday summoned the ambassadors of Britain, Germany, Italy and France over what it described as their countries' support for recent protests inside the country, according to official media.
The Foreign Ministry invited the diplomats to (...)
Eight Palestinians have died as a new storm caused freezing winds and toppled buildings in war-ravaged Gaza, piling further misery on tens of thousands of displaced people surviving in flimsy shelters.
Four people have been killed since Monday night (...)
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said on Monday that the situation in Iran is "under control" with "many terrorist operatives" arrested.
He told foreign diplomats in a televised meeting that "confessions will be released soon" and said there (...)
Nationwide protests challenging Iran's ruling system entered their third week on Sunday, as demonstrators again took to the streets in Tehran and the second-largest city of Mashhad, with activists reporting at least 116 deaths linked to the (...)
JEDDAH — Saudi Arabia on Saturday reaffirmed its firm rejection of any attempts to impose parallel entities that undermine Somalia's unity, territorial integrity, or sovereignty, stressing its support for the country's legitimate state institutions (...)
The Council of Foreign Ministers of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation held its 22nd extraordinary session on Saturday at the OIC General Secretariat headquarters in Jeddah to discuss developments in Somalia following Israel's recognition of (...)
RIYADH — Saudi Arabia and a group of Arab, Islamic and African countries on Friday issued a joint statement strongly condemning the recent visit by an Israeli official to the Somaliland region. They described it as illegal and a violation of (...)
Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Friday signaled a tougher crackdown on anti-government protests, accusing demonstrators of acting to please foreign powers, particularly the United States, as unrest continued across several cities (...)
After two years of war, the hum of lessons and chatter of classmates resonates around the ruins of what was once Lulwa Abdel Wahab al-Qatami School, in the Tel al-Hawa neighbourhood in south-western Gaza City.
The relentless Israeli war has (...)
