Jerusalem
Jerusalem celebrates Pride under heavy security
Some 3,000 police officers lined the route as marchers waved rainbow flags, placards and balloons, and several streets were blocked off and a helicopter circled...
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Israeli police, Palestinians in fresh clashes at Al-Aqsa compound
Israeli police spokesman Micky Rosenfeld said "riots broke out" at the Al-Aqsa esplanade which is Islam's third holiest site and also revered by Jews, who call it the Temple Mount.
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Timeline: Deadly Gaza and Jerusalem clashes
Clashes erupt on Friday as Muslims pack the Al-Aqsa mosque compound -- Islam's third holiest site -- to pray on the last Friday of the holy fasting month of Ramadan.
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Ramaphosa: ANC NEC condemns attacks on Palestinians in Israel
Ramaphosa made the remarks while delivering the closing address on Monday after the ANC’s national executive committee meeting held over the weekend.
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Hundreds hurt in new Jerusalem clashes between Israelis, Palestinians
Palestinians hurled projectiles at Israeli officers in riot gear who fired rubber bullets, stun grenades and tear gas, an AFP correspondent at the scene said, following a night of sporadic clashes.
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Malawi to open Israel embassy in Jerusalem
Malawi has had diplomatic ties with the Jewish state since 1964 but without opening an embassy.
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14 injured in suspected Jerusalem 'terror attack'
The driver "fled the scene" following the early morning attack at Jerusalem's First Station, an historic rail stop that now hosts bars, shops and restaurants, police spokesman Micky Rosenfled said.
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Dozens of rockets fired at Israel from Gaza, Israel responds
Israel said around 50 rockets were fired from the Palestinian enclave and its air defence systems intercepted dozens of them.
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SA team to travel to the US to argue for Aids funding
Health Minister Aaron Motsoaledi reacts after the US says it may cut its funding for HIV treatment in SA by more than R5 billion.
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Netanyahu seeks to save face after cancelled central Europe summit
Benjamin Netanyahu's office said later that he was misquoted and had not implicated all Poles or the Polish nation in the Holocaust.
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Australia recognises West Jerusalem as Israel's capital
Morrison said in October he was open to shifting Australia’s embassy from Tel Aviv.
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Brazil risks Middle East trade with Israel embassy move
Brazil exports $16 billion annually to the Middle East and Turkey, with just 3% going to Israel, according to government statistics.
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Netanyahu ally seeks Jerusalem mayor seat in Israeli local polls
Polls opened as scheduled at 7:00 am and were due to close at 10 pm; main results were not expected until Wednesday.
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Palestinian teen activist 'recovering well' after head surgery
Mohammed Tamimi was left with a large defect after the bullet entered his face below his nose, broke his jaw and entered his skull.
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Australia considers recognising Jerusalem as Israel's capital
The status of Jerusalem is one of the thorniest obstacles to a peace deal between Israel and the Palestinians. Israel regards all of the city, including the eastern sector that it annexed after the 1967 Middle East war, as its capital.
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Moroccan protesters: Death to Israel
The US opened its embassy in Jerusalem on 14 May, moving it from Tel Aviv, a move that reversed decades of US policy and delighted Israel.
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Guatemala opens embassy in Jerusalem, two days after US move
Guatemala opened an embassy in Jerusalem on Wednesday, two days after the United States made the same move.
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Kremlin urges countries to avoid action destabilising Middle East
Monday’s bloodshed on the Israeli-Gaza border took place as the US opened its new embassy in Jerusalem.
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Elusive peace grows more remote with US Jerusalem embassy move, violence
Israeli troops fatally shot dozens of Palestinian demonstrators on the Gaza border on Monday as the US Embassy formally moved to Jerusalem from Tel Aviv.
