Al Jazeera was forced to close its office in Ramallah, in the occupied West Bank, in September 2024/ Israel's parliament has extended an order allowing the government to shut down foreign broadcasters operating in the country. The legislation, passed by 22 votes to 10, expands temporary powers ...
Siwar Ashour spent six months in Jordan after being evacuated from Gaza/ A one-year-old Palestinian girl evacuated from Gaza with severe nutritional problems is back in hospital in the territory after being returned there from Jordan. Siwar Ashour, whose story the BBC has followed for several ...
right Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich, a West Bank settler himself, proposed the move/ Israel's security cabinet has approved the recognition of 19 new settlements in the occupied West Bank as the government continues its settlement expansion push. Far-right Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich, ...
Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry speaks to reporters at the Louisiana State Penitentiary in Angola, La., Sept. 3, 2025. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert, File)/ Gov. Jeff Landry to serve as the U.S. special envoy to Greenland, the vast, semi-autonomous territory of Denmark that Trump has said the “Jeff ...
President Donald Trump holds a cell phone with a call to Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang as he departs on Air Force One at Rocky Mount-Wilson Regional Airport, Friday, Dec. 19, 2025, in Elm City, N.C. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)/ Secretary of State Marco Rubio speaks during a news conference at the State ...
Egyptian fisherman Issam al-Shazly was executed on Tuesday after being convicted of drug-related charges/ Saudi Arabia has surpassed its record for the number of executions carried out annually for a second year in a row. At least 347 people have now been put to death this year, up from a total ...
Itzik Gvili demands the return of his son Ran, the last dead hostage in Gaza, in Tel Aviv's Hostages Square/ In central Tel Aviv, the main stage has now been dismantled in Hostages Square, the focal point for the campaign over the past two years to bring back Israelis held in Gaza. Nearby, signs ...
The stories you don't know about some of the world's best – and little-known – brands/ Sam Jump, pictured with Wunda's pioneering Rapid Response underfloor heating system, is the grandson of the entrepreneurial founders./ When entrepreneurs Charles and Josephine Pugh rented a property with ...
US President Donald Trump: "We hit every site flawlessly"/ The US says its military has carried out a "massive strike" against the Islamic State group (IS) in Syria, in response to a deadly attack on American forces in the country. The US Central Command (Centcom) said fighter jets, attack ...
Saei alleges that he was sexually abused by prison guards while being detained without charge/ This article contains descriptions of sexual abuse and violence which some readers may find distressing. Two Palestinian men have told the BBC they personally experienced the kind of beatings and ...
