Despite the crackdown, opposition activists promise to ‘not back down’, urging more people to take to streets.

US and Russian teams talked about ending attacks on Black Sea shipping with view to striking broader ceasefire deal.

The United Nations says it will reduce its footprint in Gaza amid Israel’s renewed assault on the strip.

Protests are held over Benjamin Netanyahu’s plan to sack the Shin Bet chief and the attorney general.

The US president also announced he would seek to launch an ‘External Revenue Agency’ on April 2 to collect tariffs.

All US presidents say they want to avoid Middle East conflicts. But is Trump setting himself up for more war and turmoil?

A US deportation flight carrying 199 people has landed in Venezuela.

Video from Gaza’s Beit Lahiya shows the aftermath of an Israeli strike that killed Al Jazeera journalist Hossam Shabat.

The embattled mayor of Istanbul is the opposition party’s candidate for the next presidential election.

Mohammad Mansour, who worked for Palestine Today, has also been killed in a separate Israeli attack.