Israeli aircraft carried out a series of airstrikes at militant sites in the Gaza Strip early Wednesday, the first such raids since a shaky cease-fire ended the war with Hamas last month.
The airstrikes targeted facilities used by Hamas militants (...)
The Arab League on Tuesday reaffirmed full backing to Egypt and Sudan in their row with Ethiopia over its Renaissance Dam on the River Nile.
In a joint news conference with Qatari Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Sheikh Mohammad (...)
Naftali Bennett was sworn in as Israel's new prime minister on Sunday, after winning a confidence vote with the narrowest of margins, just 60 votes to 59. His victory ends a 12-year grip on power by former prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu, the (...)
Israel is set to swear in a new government on Sunday that will send Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu into the opposition after a record 12 years in office and a political crisis that sparked four elections in two years.
Naftali Bennett, the head of (...)
The outgoing chief of Israel's Mossad intelligence service has offered the closest acknowledgment yet his country was behind recent attacks targeting Iran's nuclear program and a military scientist.
The comments by Yossi Cohen, speaking to Israel's (...)
King Abdulaziz Foundation for Research and Archives (Darah) has broadcast the second part of its documentary collection "Palestine... a candle that did not go off".
The documentary was prepared to clarify the permanent relation between the Kingdom (...)
Under the protection of the Israeli occupation police, dozens of extremists and Israeli settlers stormed on Tuesday the courtyard of Al-Aqsa Mosque from Al-Magharba (Morocco) Gate.
Statements and calls for extremist associations were spread on (...)
The head of the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) has called for "clear and unequivocal guarantees" over the safety and security of staff working to restore critical services in Gaza, following last month's conflict between (...)
A coalition of Israeli opposition parties were approaching a midnight deadline on Wednesday to form a government, in the most serious challenge yet to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's rule.
The idea that Israel's longest-serving leader could be (...)
A coalition of Israeli political parties announced on Wednesday night they had agreed to a deal to form a new government, paving the way for the ouster of Israel's longest-serving Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
Yair Lapid, leader of the centrist (...)
Benjamin Netanyahu's run as the longest-serving Israeli prime minister may be coming to an end.
Naftali Bennett, leader of the small right-wing party Yamina, announced on Sunday evening he is working toward a coalition agreement with Yair Lapid, (...)
MANAMA — Bahrain's Foreign Minister Abdullatif Al-Zayani held talks on Friday with his Palestinian counterpart Riyad Al-Maliki over the telephone, Bahrain News Agency reported.
They discussed the situation in the occupied Palestinian territories and (...)
AMMAN — Jordan's King Abdullah II met here Thursday with Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Sheikh Mohamed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan, who is also deputy supreme commander of the armed forces of the United Arab Emirates.
During the meeting, which was also attended by (...)
The People's Republic of China demanded the Security Council to take robust actions to address the Palestinian-Israeli issue, calling on Israel to completely lift the blockade on Gaza as soon as possible.
In his statement before the Security (...)
The Arab League Secretary-General Ahmed Aboul Gheit welcomed the US decision to reopen the US consulate in East Jerusalem as an important step towards strengthening relations between Washington and the Palestinians.
Aboul Gheit said in a statement (...)
The Arab states condemned in a statement the brutal assault by the Israeli occupation forces on the Palestinians in Jerusalem, especially at the Damascus Gate and inside the Al-Aqsa Mosque and its campus during Ramadan, and exposing dozens of (...)
China on Thursday demanded the Security Council take robust actions to address the Palestinian-Israeli issue, calling on Israel to completely lift the blockade on Gaza as soon as possible.
In his statement before the Security Council, Chinese (...)
The top UN rights body passed a resolution on Thursday seeking a probe into crimes committed during the 11-day long Israeli-Palestinian conflict in Gaza this month in which at least 248 Palestinians and 12 Israelis were killed.
The UN Human Rights (...)
Only a political solution will end the "senseless and costly cycles of violence" between Israelis and Palestinians, UN Middle East envoy Tor Wennesland said in a briefing to the Security Council on Thursday.
Ambassadors met in person in New York as (...)
British Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab is in Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territories for talks with senior leaders following the Israel-Gaza ceasefire, the UK government said in a press statement on Tuesday.
The foreign secretary will meet (...)
The European Union has boosted its humanitarian assistance to Palestinians by 8 million euros, taking the bloc's total support this year to 34.4 million euros ($42.1 million).
Announcing the boost in funding, the European Commission said the funding (...)
The Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, the Prime Minister, chaired on Tuesday the Cabinet's virtual session.
At the outset of the session, the Cabinet was briefed on the contents of consultations and talks that took (...)
Jordan's King Abdullah II met here on Wednesday with visiting US Secretary of State Antony Blinken to discuss the latest developments in the region, including the growing tensions in Jerusalem, Gaza and the occupied Palestinian territories.
During (...)
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has called for an end to the Israeli occupation of the Palestinian territories with East Jerusalem as its capital in line with international resolutions.
Abbas stressed the importance of immediate commencement of (...)
The United States will make "significant contributions" to rebuilding Gaza which will be announced later Tuesday, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said in Jerusalem.
Blinken said the US would "work to ensure that Hamas does not benefit" from the (...)
