‘Nobody has been made safer’ by Israel’s actions, UN human rights chief says

The number of protesters at the Gaza frontier drops but intense clashes continue 

Germany also wants one, which, like the US, is blaming Palestine’s Hamas for the provocation; the US blocked a UN call for an independent probe into the ...

Analysis by IHS Jane’s Terrorism and Insurgency Centre also found that just 14% of the strikes were against Islamic State

The Hawaiian Volcano Observatory says ‘lava bombs’ spouting 30m into the air are travelling towards the coastal road and mass evacuations may be ...

The South African Jewish Board of Deputies and South African Zionist Federation issued a strongly worded statement about the government’s decision

Monday’s bloodshed on the border was in stark contrast to the festivity of the inauguration of the new US embassy in Jerusalem, a move that has angered ...

Israel’s military, which has airdropped leaflets warning protesters to stay away from the frontier, says it stopped militants from laying a bomb along ...

Russia is trying to keep the landmark 2015 accord alive in the wake of US President Donald Trump’s decision, pushing it into rare co-operation with Europe

The Palestinian prime minister says that choosing a tragic day in history to open the Jerusalem embassy shows great insensibility and disrespect for the peace ...

This is the first time officials from Iran, Russia and Turkey are meeting since Iran and Israel became embroiled in a spat over reported cross-border military ...

Iran demands that its interests are protected in a nuclear deal without the US

President Hassan Rouhani was elected on a reformist ticket, promising to open up to the West; Trump may end his career and usher in hardline Islamists

Iran's attack on Golan Heights marks the first time it has hit Israel from Syria, and raises the temperature in the region

Donald Trump’s hard tack against the nuclear deal has stirred fears of a regional flare-up

The second-largest crude producer in Opec is also seeking to lift refining capacity to become self-sufficient in oil products