Widespread tributes have been shared for Bahram Beyzai, a giant of Iranian cinema and theatre, who has died aged 87 in the US.The front pages of Iranian newspapers mourn...

An explosion has killed at least eight people and injured 18 others during Friday prayers inside a mosque in the Syrian city of Homs, the health ministry has said.Pictures...

Magen David AdomThe attacker drove into people and then carried out a stabbing several miles away, police sayTwo people have been killed in what police say was a "rolling...

Pope Leo has urged Ukraine and Russia to find the "courage" to hold direct talks to end the war during his first Christmas remarks to crowds in St Peter's...

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 introduced...

UN experts and 400 prominent women have urged Iran not to execute Zahra Tabari, a 67-year-old electrical engineer and women's rights activist.Ms Tabari was arrested in April and accused...

Fergal KeaneSpecial correspondentBBCSiwar Ashour spent six months in Jordan after being evacuated from GazaA one-year-old Palestinian girl evacuated from Gaza with severe nutritional problems is back in hospital in...

Caroline HawleyDiplomatic correspondentESOHREgyptian fisherman Issam al-Shazly was executed on Tuesday after being convicted of drug-related chargesSaudi Arabia has surpassed its record for the number of executions carried out annually...

Jon DonnisonIsraeli occupied West BankBBCSami al-Saei alleges that he was sexually abused by prison guards while being detained without chargeThis article contains descriptions of sexual abuse and violence which...

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...

President Donald Trump has expanded a US travel ban, barring nationals of five additional countries and people travelling on Palestinian Authority-issued documents from entering the US.The White House said...

Heavy rains over the past week have compounded the already dire living conditions of the hundreds of thousands of displaced Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, UN agencies say.Unicef spokesman...