By AFP/Cecile FeuillatreAsk a Lebanese person how they are, and you're likely to be met with a heavy pause or a pained smile. Years of crisis have drained them, and now Israeli air strikes are pushing many to breaking point.Cartoonist Bernard Hage, w...

By UN NewsA Palestinian man living in a refugee camp in northern Gaza has talked of the ‘indescribable’ pain he has experienced over the past year as the conflict in the beleaguered enclave continues.The war in Gaza was sparked following a brutal att...

By AFP/Haitham al-TabeiWhen Ali al-Akbar returned to school in Lebanon this year after the summer holidays, it wasn't to study his favourite subject maths but to seek refuge from Israeli air strikes."I miss my friends and teachers," the 14-year-old w...

By AFP/Youssef HassounaOne year after Hamas's attack on Israel unleashed war in Gaza, the Palestinian territory is unrecognisable and its residents are exhausted by displacement and shortages, with no end in sight."It felt like the first day of the w...

By AFP/Alice HackmanIn a south Lebanon hospital, Norwegian doctor Mads Gilbert peered out of the window after bombardment near the Israeli border, four decades after he first worked in the country."It's a horrible experience," he said in a video call...

By UN News/Ziad TalebSome Palestinian orphans in Gaza have gotten a glimmer of hope as the tragedies triggered by the grinding year-long war continue to deplete the Strip.The latest death toll has surpassed more than 41,000 people, according to the P...

By AFPTens of thousands of protesters marched in cities around the world over the weekend calling for a ceasefire in Gaza and Lebanon as the war in the Palestinian territory neared the one-year mark.In Washington, a man set himself on fire as more th...

By AFP/Pierre-Henry DESHAYESOf all Nobel Peace Prizes, the one awarded 30 years ago to the Israeli-Palestinian peace process is among the most controversial, featuring a laureate branded a terrorist, a jury member's resignation and a bloodbath.On Oct...

By AFP/Joe StensonAfghanistan's Islamic State group is staging a growing number of bloody international attacks, presenting a rare but complicated opportunity for foreign cooperation with the Taliban government to counter the jihadists.Since winning...

By AFP/Maher al-MounesA decade after finding refuge in Lebanon from civil war in his native Syria, Ahmad Mustafa fled in the other direction this week from a new conflict between Israel and Hezbollah."We're starting from scratch all over again," the...

By UN NewsArmed conflict puts children at an increased risk of grave violations while their risk of being trafficked similarly increases, including in transitional periods, a new UN study has revealed.The report – the first of its kind – analyses the...

By AFP/Abdullah HASRAT and Pascale TROUILLAUDAfghan journalists have reported hundreds of cases of abuses by government officials, including torture and arbitrary detention, as well as tightening censorship since the Taliban authorities returned to p...