Iran said on Monday that its military capabilities were not up for negotiations, after France called for a 鈥榗omprehensive deal鈥� with Tehran that covers its missile programme and regional influence.
The United Nations said it would try to reach as many starving people as possible in Gaza after Israel announced it would establish secure land routes in for humanitarian convoys...
Israeli forces brought the pro-Palestinian activist boat Handala into the port of Ashdod on Sunday, after seizing the vessel in international waters and detaining the crew, an AFP journalist saw...
Gaza鈥檚 civil defence agency said Israeli fire killed 25 people on Saturday in the Palestinian territory devastated by more than 21 months of war.
Gunmen stormed a courthouse in southeastern Iran on Saturday, killing at least six people, including three law enforcement personnel, the judiciary said.
France defended its decision to recognise Palestinian statehood amid domestic and international criticism on Friday, including against the charge that the move plays into the hands of militant group Hamas.
Aid groups warned of surging numbers of malnourished children in war-ravaged Gaza as a trio of European powers prepared to hold an 鈥榚mergency call鈥� Friday on the deepening humanitarian crisis.
Doctors Without Borders charity said Friday that a quarter of all young children and pregnant or breastfeeding women screened at its clinics in Gaza last week were malnourished, blaming Israel鈥檚 鈥榩olicy of starvation鈥�.
Hundreds of Iraqis protested Friday against severe water shortages exacerbated by the summer鈥檚 sweltering heat in the central province of Babylon, an AFP correspondent said.
Iranian diplomats said they held 鈥榝rank and detailed鈥� nuclear talks on Friday with counterparts from Germany, Britain and France, who have threatened to trigger sanctions if Tehran fails to agree a deal on uranium enrichment and cooperation with UN inspectors.
International news agencies Agence France-Presse, Associated Press and Reuters as well as the BBC on Thursday called on Israel to allow journalists in and out of Gaza, which is subject to a strict blockade...
More than 100 aid organisations and human rights groups warned on Wednesday that 鈥榤ass starvation鈥� was spreading in Gaza, as the United States said its top envoy was heading to Europe for talks on a possible ceasefire and aid corridor...
Syria said on Tuesday that it had launched investigations into reported extrajudicial killings in the country鈥檚 Druze heartland, promising to punish perpetrators including any government-affiliated personnel after a week of sectarian bloodshed...
The head of Gaza鈥檚 largest hospital on Tuesday said 21 children have died due to malnutrition and starvation in the Palestinian territory in the past three days, while Israel pressed a devastating assault...
A surge of violence in southern Syria has exacerbated fears among minority communities and exposed what analysts say is the Damascus authorities鈥� intent to rein in the Druze population...
