Unrwa calls on Israel to lift blockade on aid into Gaza as humanitarian crisis worsens
With farmland and grazing areas devastated, Gazans depend entirely on supplies from outside
‘Dedicated to the oppressed, refugees and marginalised’: How Pope Francis is remembered in Middle East
Late pontiff visited nine countries in the region and north Africa, cultivating ties between Christians and Muslims
Pope Francis kept up daily links with Catholics under siege in Gaza
Pontiff had on Easter Sunday called for immediate ceasefire in Gaza, release of remaining Israeli hostages and aid for ‘starving’ Palestinian people
United Nations nuclear watchdog chief invited to US-Iran talks
Rafael Grossi has warned that Tehran could be close to having the capacity to manufacture nuclear weapons
Jordan claims to have stopped Muslim Brotherhood attack
Plot linked to Iran and its allies’ efforts to recruit agents for acts of sabotage within kingdom, say security officials
Gazan hospitals, needed more than ever, are back in the firing line
UN secretary general ‘deeply alarmed’ at Sunday’s strike by Israeli forces on the Al-Ahli Arab Hospital
Erdogan in talks with pro-Kurdish party DEM with presidential election on the horizon
‘Extremely positive’ talks with DEM are part of efforts to end 47-year insurgency by militant group PKK
Differences remain as US-Iran nuclear deal talks begin
Iran enters discussions in a position of weakness following a series of reverses
Gaza’s ‘death zone’: Israeli soldiers describe demolition of infrastructure to create buffer
One told right group ‘everything gets mowed down’ and that after demolitions area looked like Hiroshima
Gaza: 100 children killed or injured every day since Israel resumed offensive says UN agency
Unrwa chief calls Gaza conflict's child death toll ‘a stain on our common humanity’
Israeli blockade causing shortage of food and medical supplies in Gaza, say aid agencies
UN dismisses as ‘ridiculous’ Israeli military agency claim that enough food in enclave to last extended period
Israeli army intensifies attack on Jenin refugee camp in northern West Bank
Situation ‘catastrophic’ and camp rendered uninhabitable, says Jenin mayor
Oscar-winning Palestinian film-maker returns home following Israeli beating and detention
Hamdan Ballal was hospitalised for his injuries
Jailing of Istanbul mayor seen as effort to eliminate threat to reign of Erdogan
Detention of mayor Ekrem Imamoglu follows fall in popularity of Turkey’s president due to the country’s economic and financial crisis
Mayor of Istanbul arrested as part of crackdown on opposition to Turkish president
Ekrem Imamoglu is considered the chief challenger to leader Recep Tayyip Erdogan