A recent poll has found that 48% of Israelis would support withdrawing from the Philadelphi Corridor along the Gaza-Egypt border in exchange for a hostages swap deal with Hamas.  Conducted by the Lazar Institute and reported by Maariv newspaper, the survey polled 506 Israelis, with a...

The UN agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA) on Friday announced that its teams vaccinated more than 160,000 children on Thursday, the first day of the second phase of a polio vaccination campaign in southern Gaza. “Thousands of families went to health facilities to receive vaccines from...

The continuous torrential rains in Niger have left some 273 people dead, either by drowning or by the collapse of their houses, according to an official statement on Thursday.  The General Directorate of Civil Protection of the West African nation said the floods affected 710,767 people...

Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan greeted Egypt’s leader Abdel Fattah al-Sisi on Wednesday as he arrived in Ankara to seal their mended ties. The two men shook hands as al-Sisi stepped off his plane in the Turkish capital, according to images released by the Turkish presidency....