The global nuclear watchdog's board of governors has formally declared Iran in breach of its non-proliferation obligations for the first time in 20 years.Nineteen of the 35 countries on...

Non-essential US embassy staff and their dependants in Baghdad are to be evacuated from Iraq due to heightened security risks, US government sources have said.Officials did not say exactly...

Lucy WilliamsonMiddle East correspondentAFP via Getty ImagesIn the 20 months since the war in Gaza began, Amit Hevrony has been spat at, screamed at, and pelted with rocks and...

Palestinians in Gaza say they were fired on once again as they headed to one of the aid distribution centres run by the Israeli- and US-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation...

Activists say Israeli troops have boarded a yacht trying to bring humanitarian aid to the Gaza Strip."Connection has been lost" on the Madleen, the Freedom Flotilla Coalition (FFC) campaign...

Barbara Plett UsherBBC correspondentDearbail JordanBBC correspondentGetty ImagesSix Palestinians have been killed and several others wounded by Israeli gunfire in the latest deadly incident close to an aid distribution centre...

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has confirmed that Israel is arming clans in Gaza that he says are opposed to Hamas.His comments came after Israeli media reports quoted defence...

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio has announced his department will impose sanctions on four judges at the International Criminal Court (ICC) for "illegitimate" targeting of Israel and the...

The US has vetoed the UN Security Council's draft resolution calling for an "unconditional and permanent" ceasefire in Gaza.The other 14 members voted in favour of the document, which...

Israel said it had launched strikes on weapons belonging to Syria, hours after reports that two projectiles had been fired from Syria into Israel on Tuesday.The Israeli strikes on...

The BBC has again accused Iran of escalating a campaign of intimidation against its Persian journalists and increasingly targeting the relatives of staff inside the country.The British broadcaster said...

Hamas responded to a US ceasefire proposal by saying it is prepared to release 10 living Israeli hostages and 18 dead hostages in exchange for a number of Palestinian...