Israel said it killed a senior Hamas commander on Saturday in a strike on a vehicle inside Gaza.In a joint statement, the Israeli military and security agency Shin Bet...

Iranian Nobel Peace Prize winner Narges Mohammadi was taken to hospital after being beaten when she was arrested last week, her family says.The 53-year-old human rights activist told them...

Lucy WilliamsonMiddle East correspondent, JerusalemAnadolu via Getty ImagesSearch and rescue groups attended a two storey building collapse following heavy rainfall in Beit Lahia on FridayA steady stream of water...

Ghana has deported three Israeli nationals who arrived in the country on Wednesday in what appears to be a tit-for-tat move over the alleged mistreatment of Ghanaian nationals at...

AFP via Getty ImagesIranian security forces have "violently arrested" Nobel Peace Prize winner and women's rights activist Narges Mohammadi, her foundation has said. The Narges Foundation said Ms Mohammadi,...

Yolande Knell,Middle East correspondent, JerusalemandCallum TulleyBBCHuda Abu Jazar and her family watching a match on a mobile phoneAs a winter storm batters the Gaza Strip, Huda Abu Jazar, has...

The lengthy Egyptian FA statement claimed the initiative would clash with "the cultural, religious and social values" of Egypt and Iran, and urged Fifa to ensure the match would...

Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said a second phase of the US-brokered plan to end the war in Gaza is close - but that key issues still need...

A three-year-old girl was killed by Israeli forces in Gaza on Sunday, according to local sources inside the Palestinian territory.Ahed Tareq al-Bayouk was reportedly playing near her family's tent...

Hundreds of people gathered in Bethlehem's Manger Square in the occupied West Bank to watch the lighting of a giant Christmas tree - as festive celebrations returned to the...

The Iranian judiciary says two organisers of a marathon have been arrested for allowing women who were not wearing hijabs to take part.The move comes after images appeared online...

A prominent Palestinian militia leader in Gaza who opposed Hamas has been killed.Yasser Abu Shabab headed the so-called Popular Forces group, which has dozens of fighters and operates in...