Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman has condemned Israel’s actions in Gaza as “genocide” in some of the harshest public criticism of the country by a Saudi official since the start of the war. Speaking at a summit of Muslim and Arab leaders the prince also criticised Israeli attacks on ...
Foreign ministers held a preparatory meeting on Sunday for the Extraordinary Arab-Islamic Summit/ As leaders of dozens of Arab and Islamic nations gather in the Saudi capital for a summit, there is widespread speculation about what a second Trump presidency will mean for the region. In sharp ...
Dozens of people have been killed and wounded in an Israeli strike on a house in Jabalia in northern Gaza, Palestinian medics and rescuers say. The official Palestinian news agency Wafa and Gaza's Hamas-run civil defence agency said at least 30 people had been killed. The civil defence said the ...
Small but influential Qatar is a key US ally and hosts a major air base/ Qatar has withdrawn as a mediator in ceasefire and hostage release talks between Israel and Hamas, reports say. It comes after senior US officials reportedly said Washington would no longer accept the presence of Hamas ...
About 44% of verified victims were children and 26% women, the UN said/ The UN's Human Rights Office has condemned the high number of civilians killed in the war in Gaza, saying its analysis shows close to 70% of verified victims over a six-month period were women and children. The agency said ...
Hamas's attack on 7 October triggered the war with Israel/ The most prominent Islamic scholar in Gaza has issued a rare, powerful fatwa condemning Hamas’s 7 October 2023 attack on Israel, which triggered the devastating war in the Palestinian territory. Professor Dr Salman al-Dayah, a former ...
Dozens arrested after post-match violence in Amsterdam/ Israeli football fans have faced a series of attacks in the centre of Amsterdam, officials say, with riot police having to intervene several times to protect them. Prime Minister Dick Schoof condemned "antisemitic attacks" and Israel's ...
The bar facing the US embassy building in central Jerusalem is called Deja Bu - a witty reference to something you’ve drunk before. And outside the gates of the US compound, Israel is eager for a second round of Donald Trump. "I'm very pleased," said Rafael Shore, a rabbi who lives in ...
Adini, 15, was a young and enthusiastic photographer before he lost his hands in an Israeli strike in August/ Standing between two bars erected at a mobile clinic in Rafah, southern Gaza, Rizeq Tafish concentrates as he takes his first tentative steps in four months. “My feelings before were ...
A car park close to Baalbek's Unesco-designated Roman ruins was hit in an Israeli air strike/ For over two millennia, the Roman temples at Baalbek in eastern Lebanon have stood as some of the finest examples of Roman architecture anywhere in the world. On Wednesday, a car park just metres away ...
