By AFP/Ruth EglashUS President Donald Trump's return to power has emboldened Israeli leaders' push to increase military presence in Gaza and reinvigorated right-wing ambitions to annex the occupied West Bank, experts say.After a phone call Tuesday wi...

By AFP/Chloe Rouveyrolles-BazireOn deserted university grounds in the occupied West Bank, Palestinian children run outside nearly empty buildings, their playground after being driven from their homes by a major Israeli "counter-terrorism" operation.B...

By AFP with Clément MELKIPope Francis died of a stroke, the Vatican announced hours after the death on Monday of the 88-year-old reformer who inspired devotion but riled traditionalists during 12 years leading the Catholic Church.The Argentine pontif...

By AFP/Callum PATONQatar's chief negotiator voiced frustration over talks for a truce in Gaza in an interview with AFP, a month after Israel resumed its strikes on the Palestinian territory and another round of negotiations ended without a deal."We'r...

By AFP/Ruth EglashAt first glance, there is nothing unusual about the bulky bulldozer turning up soil at a testing site in central Israel, but as it pulled closer it became clear: the driver's cabin is eerily empty.This is the Robdozer, a fortified e...

By AFP/Barnaby CHESTERMANPope Francis called for freedom of religion and tolerance in his Easter Sunday address, as the weakened pontiff delighted the crowds of Catholic faithful by making a much hoped-for holiday appearance, even circling St Peter's...

By AFP/Pierre-Henry Deshayes, Chloe Rouveyrolles-Bazire and Louis Baudoin-LaarmanBy seizing large swathes of the Gaza Strip, Israel is redrawing the map of the Palestinian territory, one of the most densely populated places on Earth, making it increa...

By AFP/Abdelmoneim Abu Idris Ali with Bahira AminIt had been nearly two years since AFP journalist Abdelmoneim Abu Idris Ali set foot in his home in war-torn Khartoum, after the sound of children playing in the street gave way to the fearsome fire of...

By AFP/Stéphanie HAMELA haunting portrait of a nine-year-old Palestinian boy who lost both arms during an Israeli attack on Gaza City won the 2025 World Press Photo of the Year Award Thursday.The picture, by Samar Abu Elouf for The New York Times, de...

By AFP/Jay Deshmukh and Alice ChancellorIsrael announced Wednesday it had converted 30 percent of Gaza into a buffer zone as it pressed its unrelenting military offensive, vowing to maintain its blockade on humanitarian aid to the war-ravaged territo...

By AFP/Lama TAHAThe director of Gaza's Kamal Adwan hospital who was detained by Israeli forces in December is being held in "inhumane" conditions by Israel and subjected to "physical and psychological intimidation", his lawyer told AFP.Hussam Abu Saf...

By AFP/Chloe ROUVEYROLLES-BAZIREIn the mainly Christian Palestinian town of Zababdeh, the runup to Easter has been overshadowed by nearby Israeli military operations, which have proliferated in the occupied West Bank alongside the Gaza war.This year...