A UN probe into Israeli allegations that 19 members of the UN agency for Palestinian refugees participated in the October 7 Hamas attacks has closed one case due to the absence of any evidence from Israel and suspended four others, UN spokesman Stephane Dujarric said Friday.
The Gaza solidarity encampment at Columbia University has sparked similar protests throughout the country.
The Gaza solidarity encampment at Columbia University has sparked similar protests throughout the country.
Kurdish officials in Syria have hand over 50 women and children who are related to members of the Islamic State group to Tajikistan.
Israel's war against Hamas has sparked anger and division around the world, including on US campuses, where some Jewish students feel targeted and abused while others have taken leading roles in pro-Palestinian demonstrations. "A lot of people feel really unsafe," says Eli
World soccer governing body FIFA has signed a partnership with oil and gas conglomerate Saudi Aramco that will run through to the end of 2027.
Israel's national security minister Itamar Ben-Gvir was said to be slightly hurt in the accident, after leaving the scene of a stabbing attack in Ramle.
The opera production marks a milestone for Saudi Arabia in its cultural expansion that has seen musicians from all over the world perform
A rare meeting between Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and his US counterpart Joe Biden at the White House has been postponed, a Turkish official said Friday, amid tensions over the Gaza war. The talks, previously scheduled for May 9, would be the first White House
The Emirati airline is facing boycott calls after promoting tourism in Tel Aviv and considering Palestinian cities as Israeli.
The student demonstrations have been met with a crackdown from state police and college administrations who have sought to silence pro-Palestine support
Columbia University President Minouche Shafik was supposed to speak at the December congressional hearing that proved disastrous for the presidents of Harvard and Penn. By a stroke of luck, she was out of town. In retrospect, U.S. campuses might be looking different today had
A new trade route is in the works to connect the Gulf with Europe along the Development Road, starting in Iraq.
A baby girl who was delivered from her dying mother's womb in a Gaza hospital following an Israeli airstrike has herself died- after just a few days of life.
Long-friendly Iran and Russia are growing closer amid the Gaza war and sanctions on both countries.
An attacker stabbed an 18-year-old woman near the Israeli city of Tel Aviv on Friday, police and paramedics said, adding that she was taken to hospital in a serious condition. The attacker was killed, the police and Israel's Magen David Adom emergency medical service said,
A young woman was stabbed and her attacker killed near the Israeli city of Tel Aviv on Friday, while the country's far-right National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir was injured in a car crash as he returned from addressing journalists at the scene, officials said. The young
Students at the elite university have been protesting its alleged complicity in Israel’s ongoing war in Gaza by staging peace camps and blockades
An investigation by the New York Times reveals that aid groups were still targeted by Israeli strikes even after sharing their location with the army.
National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir was hospitalized after the car he was sitting in was involved in an accident.
Sources familiar with the planning of Erdogan’s program suggested to Al-Monitor that the real issue was the lack of clarity from Washington on the visit.
Egypt's delegation is in Israel to propose a new ceasefire deal that would stop the planned Israeli invasion of Gaza's southern city of Rafah.
Film Review: Firas Khoury's coming-of-age drama grapples with the ongoing struggle for Palestinian sovereignty and longevity with patience and tenderness.
Donald Trump condemned pro-Palestine protests sweeping US colleges, saying the level of "hate" on display was far worse than deadly 2017 Charlottesville rally
The German president set up a roundtable titled 'How do we talk about the Middle East' without inviting any Palestinians.
Armed groups in the Middle East and North Africa have little difficulty getting their hands on portable surface-to-air missiles despite a campaign to prevent their proliferation, according to a report published Friday. Shoulder-fired missiles -- also known as man-portable
The Freedom Flotilla Coalition, which was due to sail to Gaza on Friday, is facing further holdups which the group has blamed on Israeli tactics.
US special envoy Amos Hochstein met with Defense Minister Yoav Gallant and is set to speak with President Isaac Herzog as the Israel-Lebanon border remains tense.
Morocco thrashed Angola to clinch Africa's top futsal trophy, while things are heating up in Qatar as the AFC U23 Asian Cup enters the quarterfinal stage.
The United States on Thursday issued fresh Iran-related and Russia-related sanctions, according to the Treasury Department website.
A delegation from mediator Egypt arrived in Israel Friday in a bid to reignite stalled negotiations for a ceasefire in the Gaza war including the potential release of hostages, Israeli and Egyptian media reported. The signs of fresh truce talks came alongside Israeli
A delegation from mediator Egypt is travelling to Israel on Friday, a source close to the Israeli government told AFP, in what local media said is a bid to reignite stalled hostage-release negotiations. The effort comes alongside preparations for a military push against Hamas
A delegation from Gaza war mediator Egypt arrived in Israel on Friday for a bid to reignite stalled ceasefire and hostage-release negotiations between Israel and Hamas, Israeli and Egyptian media reported. The signs of fresh truce talks come alongside Israeli preparations for a
The meeting follows a Hamas official's statement that the movement was ready to join the PLO.
Aseel Baidoun from Medical Aid for Palestinians issues a dire warning: If Israeli invasion of Rafah is not stopped the world must brace for unimaginable horror
Syria has avoided getting embroiled in the Gaza war, experts said, despite a strike on Iran's Damascus consulate, blamed on Israel, that threatened to ignite a regional conflagration. The government of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad is seeking to strike a delicate balancing
Gaza’s civil defence officials say mass graves found in Al Nasser hospital included hundreds of women, children and the elderly.
Ben-Gvir was seen attending a ceremony that took place at Al-Aqsa Mosque, as illegal Israeli settlers forcibly entered the site.
Bernie Sanders told the Israeli PM Netanyahu that a wave of protests taking place at universities across the US are anything but antisemitic.
Criticism of Qatar over its role as a mediator between Israel and Hamas has prompted a rare pushback by the Gulf state against its detractors, analysts have said. Qatar, which has hosted Hamas's political leadership since 2012 with the blessing of the United States, has been
The Israeli army said Friday a civilian was killed near the country's northern border with Lebanon, as near-daily exchanges of fire with Hezbollah rage. Both sides have stepped up attacks this week, with Hezbollah increasing rocket fire and Israel saying it had carried out
Most Israeli army units have left Gaza, but still there are reports of dozens of Palestinians killed daily as airstrikes continue across the Strip. One Rafah resident says the fear is greater now than it was at the start of the war because 'now they have nowhere to go'
Gaza is still in the grips of famine, as Israel intensifies its assault on Rafah with a ground assault looming.
A baby saved from her dying mother's womb in the war-battered Gaza Strip Gaza Strip has died, her uncle has confirmed.
As Qatar steps back and Egypt leads diplomacy on a cease-fire deal, Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu is closer to the moment of truth and decision between an agreement or a Rafah operation.
Lebanese authorities have detained, tortured and deported Syrians in recent months, including activists who face persecution upon their return to Syria.
Columbia University backed off late Thursday from an overnight deadline for pro-Palestinian protesters to abandon an encampment there as more college campuses in the United States sought to prevent occupations from taking hold. Police have carried out large-scale arrests in
Saudi Arabia could have its first Miss Universe contestant this year, organisers said this week, after a fashion model and influencer claimed she had been selected. The Miss Universe Organization "is currently undergoing a rigorous vetting process qualifying a potential
Iran launched its first direct military assault on Israeli territory nearly two weeks after a 1 April Israeli strike that killed seven IRGC members in Damascus.
18-year-old woman seriously wounded in suspected terror stabbing ; Assailant killed ■ National Security Minister Ben-Gvir involved in car accident while returning from scene of suspected terror attack ■ Blinken: Israel-Saudi Arabia normalization, two-state solution proposal
