Egyptian protesters gather in downtown Cairo shouting anti-government slogans - REX/ Egyptian authorities have detained at least 373 people as they try to quash rare protests against the regime of Hundreds demonstrated in Cairo and other cities on Friday in response to online calls for protests ...
These are external links and will open in a new window/ These are external links and will open in a new window/ The BBC's Sally Nabil says protesters in Cairo's Tahrir Square were undaunted Almost 500 people have been detained in Egypt in the past few days after protests against alleged ...
48PM [Updated: Mon Sep 23, 2019 06:53PM ]/ Human rights monitors say Egyptian authorities have rounded up about 400 protesters who had participated in rare protests against President Abdel-Fattah el-Sisi over government corruption. Mohamed Lotfy, director of the Egyptian Commission for Rights ...
Hundreds of Palestinian students were sent home from the schools in Shuafat refugee camp/ Armed Israeli security forces have forced the closure of three schools run by the UN agency for Palestinian refugees (Unrwa) in Israeli-annexed East Jerusalem. Hundreds of Palestinian students were sent ...
Hostages' families have urged Israel's prime minister to agree another deal with Hamas rather than expand the Gaza offensive/ Israel's prime minister has said there is "uncertainty" about the condition of three of 24 hostages previously believed to be alive in Hamas captivity in Gaza. Benjamin ...
Police block the entrance to the Israeli embassy during a protest in March/ The Israeli embassy in London was the alleged target of five Iranian men arrested on suspicion of preparing an act of terrorism, the BBC understands. Police have not yet confirmed that the embassy in Kensington was the ...
Hundreds of thousands of Syrians were killed during 13 years of civil war/ "These," says Dr Anas al-Hourani, "are from a mixed mass grave." The head of the newly-opened Syrian Identification Centre is standing next to two tables, covered in femurs. There are 32 of the human thigh bones on each ...
The strikes in Gaza City come as Israel says it is preparing to intensify its military campaign against Hamas/ At least 20 Palestinians have been killed in two Israeli strikes on a crowded restaurant and market on the same street in Gaza City, medics say. Graphic videos posted on social media ...
The Houthis' top negotiator said their support for the Palestinian people in Gaza "will not change"/ A senior Houthi official has rejected US President Donald Trump's claim the Yemeni armed group "capitulated" when agreeing a ceasefire deal, saying the US "backed down" instead. "What changed is ...
Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has told Israelis that "we are on the eve of an intense entry into Gaza." Israel would, he said, capture territory and hold it: "They will not enter and come out." The new offensive is calculated, according to the spokesperson for the Israel Defense ...
Trump says Houthis told administration they 'don't want to fight anymore'/ Donald Trump said the US would stop attacking the Houthis in Yemen because the group had "capitulated", as Oman confirmed a "ceasefire" had been reached with the Iran-backed group for it to stop targeting shipping in the ...
Smoke rises over the city of Sanaa, on 6 May, following an Israeli air strike/ The Israeli military has said it "fully disabled" Yemen's main airport in the capital Sanaa, which is controlled by the Houthis. Tuesday's strikes targeted three civilian planes, the departures hall, the runway and a ...
The UN said an expanded Israeli offensive would "inevitably lead to countless more civilians killed" in Gaza/ A senior Hamas official has said the armed group is not interested in further talks on a new Gaza ceasefire and hostage release deal while Israel continues what he called its "starvation ...