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Israeli occupation authorities have imposed strict security measures on Palestinians in Al-Aqsa Mosque, leading clashes to erupt on Wednesday with both Palestinians and Israelis wounded. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin...

The Israeli army said it held the Lebanese government responsible for two bombs which detonated on the Lebanese-Israeli border. Hezbollah has claimed responsibility for the attacks which wounded two...

Displaced Iraqis in the Anbar province of western Iraq need $300 million to survive this winter, UN officials said yesterday. Kevin Kennedy, Deputy Humanitarian Coordinator in Iraq, Office for...

There has been no government decision to impose entry fees on Tunisians wishing to enter Libya, a foreign ministry official said. In remarks to the Anadolu news agency yesterday,...

Israeli immigrants now residing in Berlin have launched a social media campaign to encourage other Israelis to move to Western cities for a higher standard of living. They even...

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told the Israeli security services on Tuesday to "aggressively" crack down on Palestinian protesters in occupied Jerusalem. After a special security meeting attended by...

Eid al-Adha should be a time that for family and friends, yet many thousands of Palestinian children have been forced to pass through the 2014 festival, as every year,...

The Israeli authorities have delayed indefinitely the entry of 60 truckloads of building materials into the Gaza Strip, a Palestinian official said. "We were notified by the Palestinian National...

Libyan authorities have found dozens of illegal migrants, mostly Palestinians and Syrians, dead off Libya earlier their month after their boat sank due to technical problems, an international rights...

Former Guantanamo Bay detainee Moazzam Begg offered to help negotiate the release of British hostage Alan Henning but was rejected by the U.K. government, he told the BBC Tuesday....

A British high court decision delivered on Tuesday, 7 October has stripped a senior member of the Bahraini ruling family of diplomatic immunity in the UK. Prince Nasser bin...

A letter has been published that shows the UK government cooperated with the Israeli Embassy in pressuring the Tricycle Theatre over its public row with the UK Jewish Film...

Demonstrators attacked a Turkish consulate in Austria Monday night as they protested against Turkey's lack of support for Kurdish fighters in the besieged Syrian town of Kobani. Masked protestors...

Turkey is prepared to send ground forces to help eradicate ISIL in Syria if it gets international assurances for its borders and the removal of the Syrian regime, Prime...

Arms trade campaigners are taking the government to court over the failure to suspend or revoke export licences for military equipment to Israel. Lawyers representing the Campaign Against Arms...

The Palestinian presidency on Monday described as "encouraging" latest Swedish and French statements that the two countries would recognize the state of Palestine. "These are encouraging steps," Palestinian presidency...

Israeli leaders have asserted that Jerusalem would remain as their state's capital, despite international criticism over recent plans to build more Jewish-only settlement units in the occupied holy city....

Six people were killed late Monday in five separate attacks by unidentified gunmen in Libya's eastern city of Benghazi, medical and security sources said. Medical and security sources told...

The Interior Ministry in the Gaza Strip said on Monday that it had been officially informed that the newly formed Palestinian national unity government would hold a meeting in...

The Palestinian Authority (PA) has warned against Israeli plans to allocate a new gate for Jewish settlers to enter the Al-Aqsa Mosque in East Jerusalem. "This step is...

Turkey is closely monitoring the exploration of oil and gas fields being carried out by the Greek Cypriot administration, the Turkish General Staff announced Monday. In a statement, Turkey's...

Unidentified militants detonated a building belonging to late strongman Muammar Gaddafi-era intelligence service in Libya's eastern Benghazi city on Monday. No casualties were reported in the blast in Benghazi's...

An international human rights group on Sunday accused the United Arab Emirates of secretly arresting 10 Libyan citizens and six Emiratis in August and September and called on authorities...

Senior Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh vowed Saturday that his movement will continue to bolster the weapon of the resistance in view of ending the Israeli occupation of Palestinian lands....

U.S. Vice President Joe Biden apologised Saturday to Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan for comments about Turkey and terrorism. In a phone call with the Turkish President on Saturday,...

Israel has summoned the Swedish ambassador to protest plans by Sweden to recognize the state of Palestine. In a statement, the Israeli Foreign Ministry said that the Swedish envoy...

Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood said Saturday that Mohamed Badie is still the Guide General of the Islamist movement. "Mohamed Badie is still the Muslim Brotherhood Guide General," the movement said...

Around 500 Palestinians left the Gaza Strip on Sunday en route to occupied East Jerusalem to pray at the Al-Aqsa Mosque for the first time since 2007. Israel has...

The Turkish prime minister has denounced claims made by the U.S. vice-president Joe Biden that Turkey had permitted the rise of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant....

The Ministry of Interior in Gaza said that the Egyptian government allowed an Omani delegation to enter the Gaza Strip via Rafah for 30 minutes on Thursday evening, allowing...

A public opinion poll published by the Knesset's television channel revealed that the majority of Israelis (64 per cent) do not consider Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas a partner for...

The Ministry of Interior in Gaza said that the Egyptian government allowed an Omani delegation to enter the Gaza Strip via Rafah for 30 minutes yesterday evening, allowing them...