The Palestinian Authority (PA) Thursday announced the death of Nizar Banat, an activist and harsh critic of the PA, after his arrest by Palestinian security forces from his home in Hebron, southern West Bank. In a statement, Hebron's Governor Jibreen al-Bakri said Banat was held on an...

Scores of Israeli settlers on Wednesday forced their way into the flashpoint Al-Aqsa Mosque complex in occupied East Jerusalem, according to a Palestinian agency. The Islamic Endowment Department in Jerusalem said in a statement that 74 settlers broke into the compound under the...

The owners of private generators that provide a vital backup to Lebanon's decrepit power grid warned Wednesday of their own cuts due to lack of fuel as the country's economic crisis deepens. The national network run by Electricité du Liban is prone to blackouts and in some areas only...

Websites of Iran's state-owned international broadcasters Press TV and Al-Alam have been "seized," with speculation that it's done by the US government. Visitors to the two websites, as well as Houthi-run Al Masirah, were on Tuesday greeted by a blue and red screen with a message that...