Israeli forces rounded up eight Palestinians in overnight raids carried out across the occupied West Bank, according to the military on Thursday.  A military statement said the individuals had been arrested for "suspected involvement in popular terror activities", without elaborating...

Gibraltar's Supreme Court was to decide on Thursday whether an Iranian oil tanker seized last month near the tiny British territory can be held longer amid speculation that it might soon be released. The Grace 1 supertanker, carrying 2.1 million barrels of Iranian oil, was seized on July 4...

The Palestinian Authority on Wednesday blasted Israeli calls to change the status quo of Jerusalem’s flashpoint Al-Aqsa Mosque. The Palestinian presidency, in a statement, condemned the call of Gilad Erdan, Israel’s public security minister, to change the historical situation of the...

A gas pipeline exploded near Basra in southern Iraq on Wednesday and halted supplies to a local power station, but did not affect gas or oil output, oil ministry officials and police said. A technical fault due to scorching summer temperatures appeared to have caused the blast in al-Haritha...