Jewish settlers early Tuesday raided a Palestinian village in the Israeli-occupied West Bank and vandalized a mosque. Eyewitnesses told Anadolu Agency that a group of settlers raided Yasuf village in Salfit province and spray-painted slogans in Hebrew on the walls of a local mosque and...

Iran President Hassan Rouhani's son-in-law resigned Monday just two days after his appointment as head of Iran's geological survey sparked accusations of nepotism, official news agency IRNA reported. Kambiz Mehdizadeh, in his early thirties and reportedly married to Rouhani's daughter...

Scores of Palestinian women staged a rally in the Gaza Strip on Monday to demand the release of their relatives held in Israeli prisons.  Protesters waved banners calling for the release of hundreds of Palestinians arrested by Israeli forces.  "Prisoners suffer...

An Israeli Knesset committee approved on Monday a bill that would block early release of Palestinian detainees in Israeli prisons, according to the Knesset (Israel’s parliament). The draft law has been approved by the Constitution, Law and Justice Committee and will be put for vote in a...

The appointment of President Hassan Rouhani's son-in-law as head of Iran's geological survey has renewed accusations of nepotism and led Sunday to the resignation of a senior official, according to conservative media. The appointment of Kambiz Mehdizadeh, in his early thirties and...

Egyptian archaeologists have discovered the tomb of a priest dating back more than 4,400 years in the pyramid complex of Saqqara south of the capital of Cairo, authorities said Saturday. "Today we are announcing the last discovery of the year 2018 – it's a new discovery, it's a private...

Israeli forces have demolished the home of a Palestinian charged with killing a soldier during an Israeli raid in the occupied West Bank earlier this year. Troops used two controlled explosions to destroy Islam Abu Hmaid's home in Ramallah Saturday in an operation involving dozens of...

Hamas on Friday re-affirmed its commitment to ending its decade-long rift with rival Palestinian faction Fatah. In a statement marking the 31st anniversary of its establishment, Hamas reiterated its call to achieve inter-Palestinian reconciliation “based on [Palestinian] national...

A Palestinian man was shot dead by Israeli forces during clashes in the occupied West Bank Friday, the Palestinian Health Ministry said. The ministry said the man, who it did not immediately name, was shot in the stomach with live ammunition. The incident took place near the...

Iran hailed as a positive step an initial accord reached among Yemen's warring parties to halt fighting for the Houthi-held port city of Hodeida and withdraw their troops, Iranian state TV reported Friday. "Iran welcomes the agreement ... and hopes it will pave the way for the next...

Iraqi President Barham Salih has received an official invitation from his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan to visit Turkey, according to the Iraqi Presidency on Thursday. In a statement, the Presidency said the invitation was conveyed by Turkish Ambassador to Iraq, Fatih Yildiz...

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas' Fatah group has called for a “day of rage” on Friday to protest the killing of three Palestinians by Israeli forces in the occupied West Bank. “We warn the Israeli army and its settlers from continuing their series of killings and attacks against the...

Israeli forces rounded up 40 Palestinians in overnight raids carried out across the occupied West Bank, according to a Palestinian NGO on Thursday.  In a statement, the Palestinian Prisoners Society said ten people were arrested in raids in the towns of Kubar and Silwad near...

The small town of Abassan in the Gaza Strip is a tough place to infiltrate everyone knows everyone else and outsiders passing through quickly attract attention. So when strangers drove through town, suspicious Hamas security men stopped the van and questioned those inside.The answers didn’t add...

An adviser to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has tendered his resignation following allegations of sexual assault. David Keyes, Netanyahu's spokesman with the foreign press, formally resigned Wednesday, nearly three months after taking a leave of absence after he was accused...

An Iraqi court on Wednesday sentenced six people to death over a deadly car bombing that killed scores in the eastern Diyala province in 2015. The Daesh terrorist group has claimed responsibility for the attack that targeted a marketplace in the province, killing 115 people and injuring...

Rights groups Wednesday called for a "robust" response to a U.N. expert's allegations that people she met during a visit to Egypt faced harassment, intimidation and other reprisals afterward. A statement signed by six organizations including Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International...

A 4-year-old Palestinian boy has died after being injured during clashes between the Israeli army and protesters along the Gaza border, the Health Ministry in Gaza said. "Ahmed Abu Abed, aged four years and eight months, died as a result of the wounds he received last Friday east of...

Egyptian authorities have released a prominent activist and blogger who had criticized the government after more than seven months of detention. Lawyer Gamal Eid says his client, Wael Abbas, was freed late Tuesday, more than a week after a court ordered his conditional release. Eid says...

Israeli army on Tuesday announced it had discovered a third tunnel leading into Israeli territory from southern Lebanon, according to a military statement. “The attack tunnel is under the IDF's control and does not pose an imminent threat,” the Israeli army said.  The...