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Doctors in Gaza have appealed for international help after the arrest of the director of al Shifa hospital by the Israel Defence Forces (IDF)....

The trial of “Blade Runner” Oscar Pistorius gripped the world in 2014 when he was convicted of murdering his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp.  Pistorius has...

A temporary truce period between Israel and Hamas has begun – with the first group of Israeli women and children due to be released...

Thirteen women and children being held hostage by fighters in Gaza will be the first to be released – as the temporary truce in...

What was most striking about the Qatari announcement was the lack of information about the Palestinians who are going to be released as part...

The World Health Organisation has asked China for more detailed information about an outbreak of a respiratory illness and reported clusters of undiagnosed pneumonia...

Police said a “complete hooligan lunatic faction driven by far-right ideology” was behind violent protests in Dublin after three young children were injured in...

Thirteen women and children hostages held by militants in Gaza will be the first to be released – as the the temporary truce in...

The World Health Organisation has asked China for more detailed information about an outbreak of a respiratory illness and reported clusters of undiagnosed pneumonia...

A temporary truce in Gaza between Israel and Hamas, lasting at least four days, is set to begin on Thursday morning with the war...

A vehicle has exploded on a bridge connecting the US and Canada – with the FBI warning that the situation is “very fluid”. The...

Israel’s government has agreed to back a deal with Hamas for the release of some hostages in Gaza and a temporary pause in the...

There’s a makeshift shrine like none other outside the Ayoub family home in southern Lebanon. Underneath a large picture of three little girls and...

Yemen’s Houthis rebels have released a video showing armed men seizing a cargo ship in the southern Red Sea. The video from Yemeni Military...

A first group of prematurely-born babies have arrived in Egypt for treatment after they were evacuated from Gaza’s biggest hospital. The 28 infants were...

Over 200 gang members have been sentenced to a total of more than 2,200 years in prison after one of the biggest mafia trials...

Israel’s latest evidence is the most convincing yet of Hamas military activity at al Shifa hospital, Gaza’s largest.  Thus far, it falls short of...

Hamas could release a significant number of Israeli hostages “in coming days”, Israel’s ambassador to the US has said. Around 240 hostages were taken...

Gaza is on the “precipice of major disease outbreaks”, the World Health Organisation has said With 800,000 people crammed into overcrowded schools and other...