Middle East and north Africa
Israel
UN members back resolution directing Israel to leave occupied territories
In a symbolic step exposing Israel’s continued international isolation, the UN general assembly has voted overwhelmingly to direct Israel to leave the occupied Palestinian territories within a year.The non-binding...
Hamas
Hezbollah pager explosions: questions over strategy behind unprecedented attack
It may not have been acknowledged by Israel but the extraordinary, coordinated attack on Hezbollah, blowing up thousands...
Hamas
Hezbollah pager explosions, if caused by the Mossad, would be a big escalation
It may not have been acknowledged by Israel but the extraordinary, coordinated attack on Hezbollah, blowing up thousands...
Iran
Iran has shown restraint after Israeli killing of Hamas leader, president says
The Iranian president, Masoud Pezeshkian, has said Tehran has shown restraint so far in its response to the...
Benjamin Netanyahu
Netanyahu tells Houthis they will pay ‘heavy price’ as missile hits Israel
The Israeli prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, has warned Yemen’s Houthi rebels will pay a “heavy price” after the...
Saudi Arabia calls for more pressure on Iran as Houthi threat grows
The claimed acquisition by Yemen’s Houthi rebels of hypersonic missiles capable of penetrating Israeli air defences threatens to further heighten Middle East tensions, as...
At least three dead as two passenger trains collide in Egypt’s Nile delta
Two passenger trains have collided in Egypt’s Nile delta, killing at least three people, two of them children, authorities have said.The crash happened on...
Body of activist killed by Israeli forces in West Bank returns to Turkey
The body of the slain Turkish-American activist Ayşenur Ezgi Eygi has landed in Istanbul to continue to its final resting place in her family’s...
Family of US activist shot dead by Israeli forces says Biden has not called
The family of the American activist Ayşenur Ezgi Eygi said on Tuesday that neither the White House nor Joe Biden had called to offer...
Egypt and Turkey’s nascent alliance tested by new crisis in Libya
A new alliance between Egypt and Turkey designed to end a long-running dispute over events in the Middle East faces it first major test...
Egypt and Turkey’s nascent alliance set to be tested by new crisis in Libya
A new alliance between Egypt and Turkey designed to end a long-running dispute over events in the Middle East faces it first major test...