Middle East

UEFA appears poised for an emergency vote on suspending Israel from European competition next week, with national federations scrambling to position themselves amid mounting political pressure following calls for action. ...

An international aid flotilla was set to leave Greek waters and head towards Gaza on Friday, organisers said, defying warnings from Israel that it would use any means to block ...

U.S. President Donald Trump said that he would not allow Israel to annex the West Bank, rejecting calls from some far-right politicians in Israel who want to extend sovereignty ...

Iran’s Foreign Ministry on Thursday branded the U.S. saying it wanted a diplomatic solution to Iran’s nuclear programme as a “deception”. U.S. President Donald Trump’s ...

Israeli forces advanced deeper into Gaza City on Thursday as Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu headed to New York to address the United Nations General Assembly, with U.S. President Donald ...

Italy urged an international flotilla to hand over its aid supplies for Gaza on Wednesday and allow them to be distributed by the local Catholic Church, as a way to ...

President Donald Trump told the United Nations on Tuesday that he condemned moves by Western powers to recognise a Palestinian state, as the United States appeared increasingly isolated in its ...

President Donald Trump said he believed Ukraine could retake all its land occupied by Russia and that Kyiv should act now with Moscow facing “big” economic problems, in a sudden ...

Israel will close the Allenby Crossing, the sole gateway between the Israeli-occupied West Bank and Jordan, starting on Wednesday until further notice, the Palestinian General Authority for Borders and Crossings ...

Israel’s military pushed deeper towards the most populated areas of Gaza City on Tuesday, a painful reminder for Gazans that Western powers’ recognition of a Palestinian state does not ...

France and Saudi Arabia will convene dozens of world leaders on Monday to rally support for a two-state solution, with several of them expected to formally recognise a Palestinian state – ...

Britain, Canada and Australia all recognised a Palestinian state on Sunday in a move borne out of frustration over the Gaza war and intended to promote a two-state solution but ...

By Malak Benslama-Dabdoub The UN’s independent international commission of inquiry has just released a report that may go down as one of the most significant documents in modern international ...

Israeli tanks were seen in two Gaza City areas that are gateways to the city centre, residents said on Thursday, while internet and phone lines were cut off across the ...

Britain will formally recognise a Palestinian state this weekend, after U.S. President Donald Trump, who opposes the decision, has left the country at the end of his state visit, ...

The Israeli military said it was opening an additional route for 48 hours that Palestinians could use to leave Gaza City as it stepped up efforts on Wednesday to empty the ...

Ben & Jerry’s co-founder Jerry Greenfield, part of the duo whose names shaped the popular ice cream brand over the last half century, has quit the company after a ...

Zainab Mustarah once spent her days running an events planning firm in Beirut. But for the last year, she has been in and out of surgery to save the remnants ...

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Tuesday that if there was one lesson learned from Hamas’ October 7 2023 on Israel, it was that Israel needs to create an “independent weapons ...

Israel unleashed a long-threatened ground assault on Gaza City on Tuesday, declaring “Gaza is burning” as Palestinians there described the most intense bombardment they had faced in two years of ...

Spanish state broadcaster RTVE’s board voted on Tuesday to withdraw from the 2026 Eurovision Song Contest to be held in May in Vienna if Israel takes part in the event. ...

A United Nations Commission of Inquiry concluded on Tuesday that Israel has committed genocide in Gaza and that top Israeli officials including Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had incited these acts. ...

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he did not rule out further strikes on Hamas leaders “wherever they are”, as the heads of Arab and Islamic states held a summit ...

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he didn’t rule out further strikes on Hamas leaders “wherever they are” as the heads of Arab and Islamic states held a summit ...