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A man has cycled 8,150 kilometres from his hometown in China to Saudi Arabia to perform the Hajj pilgrimage, Saudi's Sabq news agency reported. Taif Cycling Club welcomed Mohammed,...

  A delegation from international animal welfare group Four Paws rescued 15 animals from a zoo in the Gaza Strip on Wednesday morning to prevent them from dying. The...

Palestine 100 years ago - an exhibition held by Beit AlQuds for Palestinian Studies and Research in association with Press-House Palestine

A minor was wounded last night in a series of raids and shelling which targeted different parts of the northern Gaza Strip. Palestinian sources said Israel launched more than...

Al-Aqsa Mosque is at risk due to the "continuous Israeli aggression against it as well as all other Islamic and Christian sites in the occupied holy city," the Palestinian...

A summary of all the latest stories from the MENA region this week...

There are very few people who don’t like Knafeh. It is one of, if not the most popular Middle Eastern dessert.

The last 7 days in pictures...

  Palestine solidarity activists protested outside the 'International Shalom Gala Festival' which was held within the program of the Edinburgh Fringe Festival on Wednesday 17th August. Organisers of the...

"…we Celtic fans invoke our democratic rights to display our opposition to Israeli Apartheid, settler-colonialism and countless massacres of the Palestinian people…"

Between January and August 2016, 684 Palestinian-owned structures have been levelled, displacing 990 residents

Harrowing pictures of a Syrian boy sitting in an ambulance after being rescued from a building which has been destroyed by an airstrike in Aleppo have been released by...

Sinn Fein representatives Fra McCann and Senator Paul Gavan arrived in the occupied West Bnk on Sunday evening and met with the lawyers of Palestinian hunger striker Bilal Kayed....

The footage shows the use of the stun grenade is unwarranted

The salaries of 19,330 employees in the Gaza Strip are to be distributed today and over the coming days as part of a Qatari grant. Gaza's Undersecretary of the...

New data released by a United Nations agency and an Israeli NGO has confirmed that Israel's blockade on the Gaza Strip actually tightened during July. UN OCHA's monthly update...

The Palestinian Boxing Federation held the Muhammad Ali Clay Boxing tournament in Gaza on Friday. The tournament, a tribute to Muslim boxing champion Muhammad Ali, began with 24 boxers...

Although a coastal city, Deir al-Balah in the central Gaza Strip is known as an agricultural area. Today, with all export opportunities shut down and borders closed, the agricultural...

Step into Lebanon’s most captivating natural treasure

Weekly round up of all the major news stories this past week

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....

The last 7 days in pictures...

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...