United Nations: The Palestinians took the last formal step Friday to join the International Criminal Court, seeking to pursue war-crimes charges against Israel over the recent conflict in Gaza and Jewish settlements in Palestinian territories.The
Vatican City: Pope Francis on Wednesday slammed the deadly attack on a Jerusalem synagogue and urged Israelis and Palestinians to take the "courageous decisions" needed to achieve reconciliation.Against a backdrop of fears the conflict could
Jerusalem: Jewish worshippers are returning to a Jerusalem synagogue that was the site of a deadly attack the previous day as Palestinians brace for more punitive demolitions amid soaring Israeli-Palestinian tensions.Meanwhile, Israeli security forces early
Ramallah: German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier on Saturday warned of turning the Israeli-Palestinian conflict from political into religious due to the growing tension in Jerusalem.Steinmeier's warning came in a joint press conference with Palestinian Minister
Cairo: Egypt will host Gaza ceasefire talks between Israel and the Palestinians on Wednesday in a bid to consolidate the truce reached last month.Indirect talks between the Gaza-ruling Hamas movement and Israel will resume Wednesday,
Jerusalem: Israel has ordered criminal probes into its recent military operation in the Gaza Strip, including an Israeli shelling that killed four Palestinian children in mid-July, media reports said on Wednesday.Israel's chief military prosecutor has
United Nations: The recent conflict in the Gaza Strip has caused "unprecedented" destruction, leaving hundreds of thousands people homeless, the UN said on Tuesday, quoting the latest assessment after the ceasefire."Organisations on the ground report
Gaza/Jerusalem: Nine Palestinians, including four children, were killed in Israeli air strikes in Gaza as the war entered its 47th day even as Egypt invited both sides to accept a fresh ceasefire to continue negotiations
Gaza: Residents of Israeli areas bordering Gaza would not be silent until the completion of an operation that will include neutralising the threat of missiles in Israeli towns, an official said on Saturday.Chaim Yellin, mayor
Gaza/Jerusalem: Israeli jets today pounded over 30 Hamas targets in Gaza, killing five Palestinians, as rocket fire into Israel continued with the month-long conflict that has claimed about 2,000 lives flaring up again after the
Jerusalem: Israel has accepted an Egyptian proposal for a 72-hour ceasefire with Hamas movement starting 8 a.m. Tuesday, Israeli media reported on Monday.Delegates from both sides approved the unconditional truce late Monday in a round
United Nations: UN chief Ban Ki-moon has strongly condemned an Israeli attack on a UN-run school in the Gaza Strip that killed 10 Palestinians, terming it as a ‘moral outrage and a criminal act' and
Gaza/Jerusalem: At least 90 Palestinians were killed today, including 20 at a UN-run school, in fierce fighting between Israel and Hamas in Gaza and the death toll sharply rose to 1,321 despite the Jewish nation
United Nations: UN Secretary-General Ban Ki- moon has urged ‘in the strongest terms' both the Israelis and Palestinians to extend, for an additional 24 hours, the humanitarian ceasefire that was in effect and mostly observed
New Delhi: The CPI-M Thursday accused the government of taking a pro-Israeli stand by refusing to discuss the Israeli air raids on Gaza in parliament.Instead of condemning the Israeli attacks that have left 220 Palestinians
London: Israel has ordered thousands of Palestinians in eastern and northern Gaza to leave their homes as airstrikes continue, a media report said on Wednesday.This order came after an Egyptian-brokered ceasefire proposal Tuesday to stop
United Nations: UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon on Thursday called on Israel to "heed the calls of the international community to freeze settlement activity", as he voiced his deep concern over further construction by Isreal
Jerusalem: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu today threatened the Palestinians with unilateral steps over their renewed statehood bid and asserted that Israel will not seek a peace deal “at any price”.The hawkish premier warned Israel would
Ramallah: More than half of the Palestinians expected a new wave of violence against Israel if peace talks with Israel fail, according to a recent poll released Wednesday, Xinhua reported.The survey, conducted by the Ramallah-based
United Nations: Israelis and Palestinians have agreed to intensify peace talks aimed at reaching a final agreement, not an interim accord, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said on Wednesday.The two sides met on the
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