Israel yesterday reopened its only crossing with the Gaza Strip to Palestinian workers nearly two weeks after closing it over unrest, the defence ministry said. 

Lebanon yesterday voted in its first election since multiple crises dragged it to the brink of failed statehood, a major test for new

The UAE’s long-time de facto ruler Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan was elected as president yesterday, official media said, a day after the death of former leader Sheikh Khalifa.

The US and EU led an international outcry yesterday after Israeli police charged the funeral procession of Palestinian journalist Shireen Abu Akleh and beat pallbearers who almost dropped her coffin.

The United Arab Emirates' federal supreme council elected on Saturday Abu Dhabi ruler Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan as the new president of UAE, state news agency (WAM) reported.

Syrian rebels killed 10 pro-regime fighters in northern Syria yesterday, in the deadliest such attack since a truce deal reached more than two years ago, a war monitor said.

Thousands of people packed Jerusalem’s tense Old City yesterday for the burial of veteran Al Jazeera reporter Shireen Abu Akleh, after Israeli police stormed the start of the funeral procession.

The United Arab Emirates’ President Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al-Nahyan died aged 73 yesterday, state media said, after battling illness for several years.

Israeli police clashed with Palestinian mourners packed around the coffin of killed Al Jazeera reporter Shireen Abu Akleh at the start of her funeral procession in Jerusalem on Friday.

United Arab Emirates President Sheikh Khalifa Bin Zayed Al Nahyan has died, the Ministry of Presidential Affairs said on Friday. He was also ruler of Abu Dhabi emirate.

Thousands of Palestinians yesterday honoured Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh at a memorial service in the occupied West Bank, a day after she was shot dead during an Israeli army raid.

An Al Jazeera reporter was shot dead during an Israeli raid in the occupied West Bank yesterday, with Palestinians and the news channel accusing Israel of killing her and Israel’s leader saying she was likely hit by Palestinian fire.

An Al Jazeera reporter was killed by Israeli army gunfire in the occupied West Bank on Wednesday, the Qatar-based news channel said, but the military said she may have been shot by Palestinians as they clashed with its troops.

Israeli soldiers shot dead a Palestinian near the barrier with the West Bank and another was killed after infiltrating a Jewish settlement inside the occupied territory with a knifeon Sunday, the Israeli army said, stoking worries a wider conflict may loom.

Saudi Arabia’s ageing King Salman has been admitted to hospital for unspecified tests, state media reported yesterday.

The Philippine police and military said yesterday they were on high alert as last-minute preparations continued for the country’s general election, even as the overall situation remained “relatively peaceful”.

Israeli forces yesterday destroyed the home of a Palestinian accused of killing an Israeli settler last year, sparking clashes.

Israel’s Supreme Court has rejected a petition against the eviction of more than 1,000 Palestinian inhabitants of a rural part of the occupied West Bank in an area which Israel has designated for military exercises.

Israel conducted a large-scale manhunt yesterday for two Palestinians suspected of killing three Israelis in an axe attack that came as the Jewish state marked its founding.

Qatar-based news agency Al Jazeera won the top prize for “Best Human Rights Journalism” in the 8th annual Amnesty Media Award.