The Egyptian Olympic Committee has condemned Islam El-Shehabi for refusing to shake hands with his Israeli opponent Ori Sassoon in the Rio de Janeiro games, Anadolu reported on Friday....

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Some 56 housing units were handed over to the victims of the 2014 Israeli offensive on the Gaza Strip today, the Ministry of Public Works announced. The units, located...

The sole surviving member of the Duma village arson attack, Ahmed Dawabsheh, was hospitalised last night after his health deteriorated. Nassr Dawabsheh, the family’s representative and Ahmed’s uncle, said...

President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Wednesday gave the U.S. an ultimatum following Ankara’s repeated requests for the extradition of US-based preacher Fetullah Gulen, accused of orchestrating the July 15...

Israeli occupation forces yesterday uprooted olive trees in the Wad Rahal village, south of the occupied West Bank city of Bethlehem. The Bethlehem coordinator of a Palestinian committee against...

The United Nations yesterday called for an urgent pause in fighting in Aleppo and for humanitarian access to the city. Two million civilians are thought to be trapped in...

UAV Engines has been a site of regular blockades and protests since it was revealed that the company is a subsidiary of Israel's largest arms manufacturer Elbit Systems

Israeli occupation forces this morning uprooted hundreds of olive trees in the Skaka neighbourhood of the occupied West Bank city of Salfit, Safa news agency reported. This is in...

Israeli occupation forces yesterday demolished a number of structures owned by Palestinian citizens in the West Bank city of Nablus, QudsNet reported. Palestinian sources said that the demolition took...

 Leaders of Turkey’s three main political parties, including the Justice and Development (AK) Party, Republican People’s Party (CHP) and Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) are for the first time attending...

World Vision said it was “shocked” to learn about accusations that’s manager in Gaza had channelled the charity’s funds to Hamas, calling for “fair” and “legal” processes to be...

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Dawaween was blocked from leaving Gaza to travel to the Palestine International Festival for Dance and Music in Jerusalem

Clashes are still raging on between regime forces and opposition groups trying to widen their control

The best part of this dish is that all of these ingredients can be thrown into a tray, even in advance if you like, and left to cook on their own

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The Palestine Youth Orchestra concluded its first ever UK tour this week with a concert at London’s Royal Festival Hall. Established in 2004 by the Edward Said National Conservatory...

The Palestinian Legislative Council organised an event at its headquarters to show solidarity with hunger striking prisoners this morning. First Deputy Speaker of the Palestinian Legislative Council, Ahmed Bahar,...

Manar Shab’an builds vertical gardens by growing taller vine vegetables above varieties that grow in the shade they provide. In her greenhouses she weaves together vertical and horizontal growing...

Israeli soldiers confiscated the bicycle of a Palestinian girl in occupied Hebron and threw it in the bushes, a video by human rights organisation B’Tselem appears to show. The...

A Syrian rescue service which operates in opposition held areas said on Tuesday that a helicopter dropped containers of poison gas overnight on a town close to where a Russian...

Qatar will pay the salaries of civil servants in the Gaza Strip, the Head of the National Committee for the Reconstruction of Gaza, Ambassador Mohammed Al-Emadi, said. A total...

An Egyptian court yesterday rejected the appeal filed by six members of the satirical group Street Children over their detention for “incitement to overthrow the regime”, judicial sources said. Street Children being...

Haneen Zoabi is the first female Arab citizen of Israel who is of Palestinian descent to serve in the Israeli Knesset. Serving since 2009, Zoabi represents the National Democratic...

Tunisian lawmakers on Saturday passed a vote of no confidence in Prime Minister Habib Essid, ending his government. The result, albeit expected, leaves Tunisia in search for a new government and marks...

The Rose City of Petra is one of the new Seven Wonders of the World. Tucked away in the red-sandstone mountains of southern Jordan, this designated world heritage site with its indisputable beauty makes a trip to Jordan a must.

Twenty-eight people were wounded in a riot on Thursday night in a prison for young offenders in the Moroccan city of Casablanca

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Four medical personnel were injured Thursday when a Russian warplane targeted a blood bank facility in the opposition-held city of Saraqib in Syria’s northwestern Idlib province, a local civil...

Some 5,188 civilians have been killed in Syria since the announcement of a cessation of hostilities in the country five months ago, the Syrian Network for Human Rights said...