The life of two sick Palestinian detainees in Israeli prisons is in danger, the umbrella Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) warned Monday. Sami Abu Diak, 35, from Silat al-Dahr village in the northern West Bank, is suffering from bowel cancer and is in wheelchair. Bassam al-Sayah is...

Israel has lifted a restriction on fuel delivered to Gaza for electricity, a defense official said Monday, a week after cutting the flow by half over a series of violent incidents. Israeli defense ministry unit COGAT announced on August 26 it was halving the amount of fuel allowed into Gaza...

An escalation between Israel and Hezbollah has ended after a brief exchange of fire, but tensions remained high along the Lebanese border Monday after a series of accusations from the two enemies. Burnt fields could be seen in the border area and a new military checkpoint was set up outside...

While U.S. sanctions on Iran’s oil industry have slashed the OPEC member’s crude exports by more than 80%, oil product sales from the Islamic Republic remain strong at nearly $500 million a month, shipping data and Reuters calculations show. Sanctions have barely affected Iran’s...