Polish reporter Wojciech Cegielski spent a month in Gaza during last summer's war. He has no doubt Hamas used people as human shields.

Trash crisis is just the straw that broke the camel’s back and joins a string of other serious problems facing Lebanon – the first of which is a lack of a real government in Beirut.

Israel’s economy may not grow 3% or more this year, throwing into doubt the Finance Ministry’s projections for tax revenue and deficit target.

The 43-page report says that between January 1985 and June 2015, at least 2,208 people were executed in the kingdom.

Investors stampeded out of shares after a grim 'Black Monday' sparked mayhem in global financial markets but failed to prompt fresh rescue measures from Beijing.

Benchmark index up 2.7% in late morning trading and market stages broad rebound, though China, which has been at the center of the rout, sees drop.

The UN watchdog's chief Yukiya Amano says the $924,000 per month it had already received would be exhausted by the end of next month.

UN calls demolition of the 2,000-year-old temple a 'war crime.'