By Al-Azhar Al-SharifSheikh Ahmed El-Tayyeb, Grand Imam of Al-Azhar and Chairman of‎the Muslim Council of Elders, held an open dialogue with a select delegation of prominent‎Arab media figures on the sidelines of his participation in the Arab Media S...

By AFP teams with Alice Chancellor and Christophe VogtIsrael on Friday said Hamas must accept a hostage deal in Gaza or "be annihilated", and threatened to build a "Jewish Israeli state" in the occupied West Bank.It came amid dire conditions on the g...

By AFP/Stuart WhiteIsrael announced Thursday the creation of 22 new settlements in the occupied West Bank, drawing sharp condemnation from Britain, Jordan and others already at odds with the country over its Gaza war.London called the move a "deliber...

By AFPAt least 44 people were killed in Israeli attacks across the Gaza Strip on Thursday, rescuers said, a day after a World Food Programme warehouse in the centre of the territory was looted by desperate Palestinians.After a more than two-month blo...

By Al-Azhar Al-SharifSheikh Ahmed El-Tayyeb, Grand Imam of Al-Azhar and Chairman of the‎Muslim Council of Elders, delivered the opening address on Tuesday at the Arab Media Summit,‎hosted by the United Arab Emirates in the presence of Sheikh Mohammed...

By AFPThousands of Palestinians stormed a new aid distribution centre run by a US-backed mercenary group in southern Gaza on Tuesday, AFP journalists reported, leading to chaotic scenes as Israel implemented a new distribution system and then began s...

By AFPA shadowy US-backed mercenary group pledging to distribute aid in Gaza has faced accusations of helping Israel fulfil its military objectives while excluding Palestinians, bypassing the UN system, and failing to adhere to humanitarian principle...

By AFP/Ruth EGLASHCrowds of Zionists streamed through Jerusalem's Old City, where some scuffled with residents and hurled insults at Palestinians, as annual celebrations of Israel's capture of east Jerusalem took place on Monday.Jerusalem Day, as the...

By AFPStripped naked, beaten until she could no longer walk, sexually assaulted and covered in excrement: award-winning Ugandan activist Agather Atuhaire told AFP of the torture she suffered at the hands of security forces in Tanzania this week.Atuha...

By AFPGaza's civil defence agency said Saturday that an Israeli strike in the southern city of Khan Yunis killed nine children of a pair of married doctors, with the Israeli army saying it was reviewing the reports.Israel has stepped up its campaign...

By AFP/Laure AL KHOURYAfter searching for years for his son and brothers following their arrest and disappearance by Bashar al-Assad's forces, Syrian real estate broker Maher al-Ton hopes he may finally get justice under the new authorities.The gover...

By AFP/Tom BARFIELDPope Leo XIV singled out the challenges of artificial intelligence as he took office this month, underscoring religious leaders' hopes to influence a technology freighted with both vast hopes and apocalyptic fears.The pope was cite...