Middle East

Israel

Palestinian groups call for mass protests against Israel

Both Hamas and Fatah have called for mass rallies against Israel in the occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem. Just after the announcement, a

23/10/2015

Israel

Breaking bread in troubled times: 'Hummus for Peace' launched in Israel

A hummus restaurant in Israel is encouraging customers to break bread amid troubled times. With just over a month of escalating conflict in the

22/10/2015

Syria

Russian strikes in Syria spark more suffering, says Germany's Steinmeier

Germany’s foreign minister has slammed Russian air strikes in Syria, claiming they have created more suffering. Frank-Walter Steinmeier says he hopes

22/10/2015

Turkey

Erdogan: Ankara attacks were a "collective" effort

The Turkish President says he now believes the Syrian secret police or Mukhabarat along with ISIL and Kurdish militants all played a role the recent

22/10/2015

Israel

More victims in Israeli - Palestinian violence

Three more people have died in Israel and the West bank as tension over a surge in Palestinian street violence remains high. In Jerusalem local

22/10/2015

Saudi Arabia

Last month's Hajj stampede becomes 'deadliest in history'

Almost a month after the Hajj stampede, the Associated Press reports the death toll has passed 2,000, making it the deadliest crush in the

22/10/2015

Syria

Russia hits 83 militant targets in Syria in 24 hours, says ministry

Russia’s defence ministry says its planes had carried out 46 airstrikes and struck 83 militant targets in the last 24 hours, according to the

21/10/2015

Turkey

Investors hope Turkey's crunch election will revive growth and economic reform

Investors are hoping that whoever wins Turkey’s upcoming election will revive the country’s once-admired pace of growth and economic reform. The

21/10/2015

Israel

Netanyahu slammed for 'inaccurate' Holocaust comments

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has been slammed by Holocaust experts for suggesting that a historic Palestinian leader convinced the Nazis

21/10/2015

Israel

More shootings and knife attacks add to Palestinian - Israeli bloodshed

Tuesday night in Hebron and two more Palestinians were shot dead after a stabbing attack that wounded an Israeli soldier . Israeli security forces

21/10/2015

Israel

Ban Ki-moon urges Netanyahu and Abbas to step back from 'dangerous abyss'

An international diplomatic effort spearheaded by the UN’s Secretary General Ban Ki-moon is under way to try and end three weeks of violence between

20/10/2015

Egypt

Mummy: Tutankhamun gets a face lift

A group of German and Egyptian scientists have braved the Mummy’s curse to carry out some important restoration work. The bandages are about to go on

20/10/2015

Israel

Violence spirals in Israel and the West Bank

Palestinian protesters clash with Israeli soldiers in the West Bank city of Ramallah. Stones were thrown at two Israeli army vehicles at the scene

20/10/2015

Israel

Ban Ki-moon flies to Israel and the West Bank amid spiralling violence

Ban Ki-moon is expected in Israel and the West Bank for an unscheduled visit prompted by the month-long wave of violence in the region. Ahead of his

20/10/2015

Israel

Israel: fear and anger show no signs of abating

The fear and anger on the streets of Israel show no sign of abating. An Israeli soldier was stabbed and slightly wounded in clashes with Palestinian

20/10/2015

Business Series

Egyptian pound devalues and death cross threatens the dollar

The Egyptian pound has been devalued and the US dollar index continues to struggle. The Central Bank of Egypt is struggling due to a dollar shortage

20/10/2015

Israel

Israeli PM warns against vigilantism

Israel’s prime minister has condemned the beating by an angry mob of a wounded Eritrean migrant who was mistakenly believed to be involved in an

20/10/2015

Turkey

Turkey names Ankara suicide bomber and alleges ISIL link

Turkish authorities have used DNA to identify one of two people they suspect were the suicide bombers who this month killed 102 people at a

19/10/2015

Syria

As Aleppo offensive continues fears rise over a new exodus of refugees

One of the jewels of the ancient world, Aleppo, is facing catastrophe as the forces of Bashar al-Assad and his Hezbollah, Iranian and Russian allies

19/10/2015

Israel

Israel-Palestinian conflict: building barriers

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has suspended construction of a 10-metre long concrete barrier, on a street that borders the East Jerusalem

19/10/2015

Israel

Israel:death toll in recent surge of violence reaches 50

There is a heightened state of security in Israel as the number of people who have died in a recent wave of violence reaches 50. Euronews takes a

19/10/2015

Egypt

Democracy in the doldrums as Egypt votes

Voter apathy and low turnout have marked day two of Egypt’s parliamentary election. Pic of a lone #Egyptian soldier guarding empty election station

19/10/2015

Israel

More Palestinian-Israeli violence with a shooting at a bus station

A lone gunman thought to be Palestinian opened fire killing an Israeli soldier and wounding 11 other people at a bus station in the southern Israeli

19/10/2015

Egypt

Turnout low on day one of Egypt poll

Ballots boxes were tightly secured at the end of day one of Egypt’s parliamentary elections. Voting continues today (Monday Oct 19) in this the first

19/10/2015

Israel

Gunmen wound at least five in Israeli city of Beersheba

18/10/2015

Turkey

Germany offers Turkey concessions package to get support in refugee crisis

German Chancellor Angela Merkel made a visit to key ally Turkey on Sunday, meeting with both President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and his Prime Minister

18/10/2015