Middle East
Over 400 migrants died crossing Mediterranean early in 2023 -UN agency
More than 400 migrants and refugees drowned in early 2023 while attempting to cross the central Mediterranean from North Africa to Europe, ...Thousands of Israelis march to illegal West Bank outpost as tensions mount
Thousands of Israelis, including ministers in Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s right-wing government, marched to an evacuated Jewish outpost in the West Bank ...Thousands join Israeli judicial protests in shadow of attacks
Tens of thousands of Israelis joined protests on Saturday against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s plans to tighten controls on the Supreme Court, ...Saudi-Houthi talks bring hope of ceasefire in Yemen
Saudi and Omani delegations arrived in Yemen’s capital Sanaa, Houthi-run media said on Sunday, to negotiate a permanent ceasefire deal with Houthi ...Israel hits Syria after rockets fired towards Golan Heights
Israeli jets hit Syrian military targets on Sunday in response to rockets launched towards Israeli controlled territory overnight, Israel’s military said, as ...Israel Palestinian tensions high after deadly attacks
An Italian tourist was killed and five people were wounded in a car ramming in Tel Aviv on Friday that came hours ...Israel strikes Lebanon and Gaza after major rocket attack
Israel reinforced troops near its borders with Lebanon and Gaza on Friday following a flare-up in violence that threatened to spiral out ...Iran, Saudi Arabia boost ties, vow to bring ‘security and stability’ to region
The foreign ministers of Iran and Saudi Arabia met in Beijing on Thursday for the first formal gathering of their top diplomats ...Violence erupts again at Jerusalem’s Al-Aqsa Mosque
Israeli police clashed with Palestinians at Jerusalem’s Al-Aqsa Mosque a second time on Wednesday, witnesses said, hours after the arrest and removal ...Cross-border fire in Gaza after Israeli police raid Al-Aqsa mosque
Israeli police entered Jerusalem’s Al-Aqsa mosque before dawn on Wednesday and clashed with worshippers, setting off a furious reaction from Palestinians across ...












