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Far-right minister outlines plans to expand Israeli settlements in West Bank Israeli advocacy group Peace Now has condemned plans to expand settlements in the occupied West Bank, which are illegal …

The far-right minister said he will approve 3,000 new homes in the controversial E1 area project, hailing it as ‘Zionism at its best’. Israel’s far-right Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich has …

On July 2, Khaled Azem was pulled from his car at a checkpoint in the northern occupied West Bank, he tells Al Jazeera. Israeli soldiers beat and humiliated him, forcing …

Jon Lee Anderson is “not done with Afghanistan”, despite having reported on it for more than 40 years, through invasions, occupations, the rise and fall of the Taliban and two …

Jeremy Bowen International editor, reporting from the occupied West Bank Oren Rosenfeld/BBC Meir Simcha agreed to talk, but he wanted to do it somewhere special, because for him, this is …

Key events Show key events only Please turn on JavaScript to use this feature Goal! Stoke 1-1 Derby (Baker, 70) The midfielder Lewis Baker takes a pass from Sorba Thomas …

Eleanor Lawson BBC News, West Midlands BBC/BANIJAY RIGHT/KUDOS This Town picked up several awards, but is not being renewed for a second series There will be no second series of …

More than 60 Palestinian women are staging a hunger strike to demand the release of the body of Palestinian activist and English teacher Awdah Hathaleen, who was shot dead last week …

A massive magnitude 8.8 earthquake struck off the coast of Russia on Tuesday, sparking tsunami warnings — and evacuations of coastal areas — in Hawaii and alerts for other areas …

Can’t lick the witch wind that carries rumors over shining aurora-lit prairies: horror of what comes to light at the dawn of the mind. Will you permit me to rise …