Category: 3. Middle East

Israeli authorities decided on Tuesday to destroy and remove a Palestinian tree area in Jenin governorate in the north of the occupied West Bank, citing “security” reasons, according to the Palestinian news agency…

Israel’s Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defence Committee approved a bill on Tuesday that would allow Israelis to directly buy land in the occupied West Bank.

Human rights groups say the move represents a major shift…

Firefighters are trying to tackle a major fire that has engulfed a residential tower complex, killing several people and possibly trapping others inside. Reporter Laura Westbrook is outside the tower where residents can only watch on.

Pessimism is rising over progress in the next phase of US President Donald Trump’s plan, amid reports of a deadlock caused by US difficulties in setting up the International Stabilisation Force (ISF), which was…

Israel has sealed off large parts of the Tubas governorate after sending heavy reinforcements into the northern Jordan Valley, shutting the region off from the rest of the occupied West Bank and imposing a sweeping siege.

Residents told Al Jazeera…

JAL EL DIB, Lebanon (Reuters) -Staff at Lebanon’s De La Croix Psychiatric Hospital are delighted that Pope Leo’s visit will give its carers and residents, often abandoned by their families, recognition at last.

Established in 1952, the church-run…

Sudan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs said on Tuesday that the country remains committed to achieving a “just and comprehensive peace” that safeguards Sudan’s sovereignty and territorial integrity.

The…

For two years, the world watched Gaza’s destruction unfold in real time and chose not to stop it. More than seventy thousand Palestinians were killed, and most of the Strip was reduced to rubble, while the same governments that hurried to…

The diplomatic advisor to the President of the United Arab Emirates, Dr Anwar Gargash, described US President Donald Trump’s move to designate the Muslim Brotherhood as a terrorist organisation as a “strategic,…