Israeli jets struck Gaza overnight on Friday in retaliation for two rockets fired by Palestinian, further escalating tensions after one of the worst days of violence in the occupied West Bank in years.

Israeli commandos killed seven gunmen and two civilians in a raid on a flashpoint town in the occupied West Bank yesterday, Palestinian officials said, stirring fear of further flare-ups after the largest single death toll in years of fighting.

More than 200 people protested outside Lebanon’s justice palace yesterday over efforts to derail an investigation into the deadly 2020 Beirut port explosion, as top judges cancelled a meeting to discuss the fate of the inquiry.

Egypt yesterday unveiled a gold-laced mummy and four tombs, including of an ancient king’s “secret keeper”, discovered in the Saqqara necropolis south of Cairo.

An Israeli raid on the occupied West Bank's Jenin refugee camp Thursday killed nine Palestinians including an elderly woman, Palestinian officials said, also accusing the forces of using tear gas inside a hospital children's ward.

Israeli forces shot dead a Palestinian in the occupied West Bank yesterday, the Palestinian health ministry said, in what the army described as a “stabbing attack”.

Iran yesterday imposed sanctions on 34 individuals and entities from the European Union and Britain in reaction to similar measures taken over Tehran’s response to months-long protests.

Israeli forces shot dead a Palestinian in the occupied West Bank on Wednesday, the Palestinian health ministry said, in what the army described as a "stabbing attack".

Iran yesterday strongly condemned new sanctions imposed by the European Union and Britain and said it would retaliate, after the West stepped up pressure on Iran over its crackdown on protests.

The Lebanese judge investigating the deadly 2020 Beirut port blast has resumed his work, a judicial official said yesterday, after a 13-month suspension due to political pressure.

Human Rights Watch charged yesterday that new Israeli rules for foreigners entering the West Bank risked turning the occupied territory into “another Gaza,” cutting residents off from the outside world.

Iranian authorities have arrested three female journalists in the past two days, local media said Monday, amid months of protests triggered by the death in custody of Mahsa Amini.

Iran yesterday warned the European Union it would take “reciprocal” measures after the European Parliament voted to list the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps as a terrorist group.

Saudi Arabia will not normalise ties with Israel in the absence of a two-state solution with the Palestinians, the kingdom’s top diplomat has said, according to a tweet by the foreign ministry yesterday.

Saudi Arabia will not normalise ties with Israel in the absence of a two-state solution with the Palestinians, the kingdom's top diplomat has said, according to a tweet by the foreign ministry today..The comments by Prince Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud on the sidelines of the World Economic Fo

Iran yesterday condemned a European Parliament call to blacklist the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps

Two Palestinians were killed by gunfire early yesterday during an Israeli army raid in the flashpoint West

A son of former Iranian president Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani has been freed after serving more than seven years of a 10-year jail sentence for fraud, Iranian media reported yesterday.

President Recep Tayyip Erdogan yesterday signalled that he intended to bring the date of Turkey’s most consequential general election in generations forward by one month to May 14.

Egyptian authorities have announced the discovery of an ancient tomb in Luxor dating back around 3,500 years that archaeologists believe holds the remains of an 18th dynasty royal.