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US secretary of state Antony Blinken said that a long-sought ceasefire between Israel and Hamas was within sight

Long stretches of Odaisseh and a neighbouring village have been virtually abandoned and reduced to rubble

Mass tourism isn't a new phenomenon, but it’s reached a tipping point in Europe where locals are increasingly bearing the brunt of it.

As both sides of the island mark the war that began on 20 July 1974, it is in the knowledge that almost nothing has changed

Sirens pierced the pre-dawn quiet in Cyprus on Saturday to mark 50 years since Turkish troops landed on the Mediterranean island in an invasion that has left it divided to this day.

At least 40 migrants have died after a boat they were traveling in caught fire off the northern coast of Haiti, a UN agency said Friday, with police saying the explosion was sparked by a voodoo ritual gone wrong.

Activists say ICJ’s ruling will do little for Palestinians under occupation unless other states apply pressure to Israel

Michel Forst, UN special rapporteur, joins growing chorus of voices criticising jail terms handed to five defendants

The International Court of Justice ruled Friday that Israel’s presence in the occupied Palestinian Territories is illegal and called on it to stop building settlements in the West Bank and East Jerusalem. Palestinian Authority president Mahmoud Abbas hailed the decision while Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu said it cannot alter…

Judgment challenges allies such as UK and US, which for years soft-pedalled on occupation of Palestinian territories

These protesters are shouting ‘fire’ while the world burns. A society that locks them up cannot be called democratic, say campaigners Chris Packham and Dale Vince