The women’s rights activist, who won the Nobel Peace Prize in 2023, was arrested by Iranian security services at a memorial, her supporters say. Read More | Source: BBC News…
View More Nobel laureate Narges Mohammadi arrested in Iran, supporters sayCategory: Middle East
Trump’s Gaza peace plan struggles to progress as Israel and Hamas face tough choices
Getting both sides to move onto the second stage is a huge challenge for Washington, as Gazans continue to suffer the longer it takes. Read More | Source: BBC News…
View More Trump’s Gaza peace plan struggles to progress as Israel and Hamas face tough choices‘There is no other joy’ say Gazans, as Palestine readies for pivotal football match
Displaced Gazans express pride as they huddle in tents in the cold to watch their team in the Fifa Arab Cup. Read More | Source: BBC News…
View More ‘There is no other joy’ say Gazans, as Palestine readies for pivotal football matchGhana deports Israelis in retaliation for alleged mistreatment of Ghanaians
Ghana says its citizens were subjected to “humiliating treatment” in Israel, which has not commented. Read More | Source: BBC News…
View More Ghana deports Israelis in retaliation for alleged mistreatment of GhanaiansEgypt want World Cup ‘Pride Match’ plans cancelled
The organisation behind the LGBTQ+ “Pride Match” at the 2026 World Cup say they intend to push forward with their plans despite one of the teams involved objecting to Fifa. Read More | Source: BBC News…
View More Egypt want World Cup ‘Pride Match’ plans cancelledUS deports second group of Iranian nationals, officials say
A chartered plane carrying more than 50 Iranians flew out of Mesa, Arizona, on Sunday. Read More | Source: BBC News…
View More US deports second group of Iranian nationals, officials sayIsrael to investigate reports troops killed three-year-old in Gaza
Israel says it is unaware of a strike, but is investigating the reported death of the child in southern Gaza. Read More | Source: BBC News…
View More Israel to investigate reports troops killed three-year-old in GazaIsrael’s PM says second phase of Gaza peace plan is close
Benjamin Netanyahu expects to move to the second phase “very shortly”, as a Hamas official suggests it is ready to consider “freezing or storing” its weapons. Read More | Source: BBC News…
View More Israel’s PM says second phase of Gaza peace plan is closeWatch: Syrians share their thoughts one year on from the fall of Assad
The BBC’s Middle East correspondent Hugo Bachega speaks to Syrians about how life has changed since the revolution. Read More | Source: BBC News…
View More Watch: Syrians share their thoughts one year on from the fall of AssadJeremy Bowen: Syria feels lighter without the Assads’ crushing weight – but now there are new problems
One year into his rule Syria’s leader has won over Trump and much of the West, but at home people know his weaknesses. Read More | Source: BBC News…
View More Jeremy Bowen: Syria feels lighter without the Assads’ crushing weight – but now there are new problemsBethlehem Christmas tree illuminated for first time since Gaza war began
Hundreds gathered in Manger Square to bask in the festivities that included music, dancing and Santas bearing sweet treats. Read More | Source: BBC News…
View More Bethlehem Christmas tree illuminated for first time since Gaza war beganIran arrests marathon organisers over women not wearing hijab
Images appeared online of unveiled women competing in the race on Friday. Read More | Source: BBC News…
View More Iran arrests marathon organisers over women not wearing hijabBethlehem Christmas tree lights up for first time since start of Gaza war
For the past two years all public Christmas celebrations have been cancelled in Bethlehem in the occupied West Bank. Read More | Source: BBC News…
View More Bethlehem Christmas tree lights up for first time since start of Gaza warProminent anti-Hamas militia leader Yasser Abu Shabab killed in Gaza
His Popular Forces group says Abu Shabab was shot while attempting to resolve a family dispute and not killed by Hamas. Read More | Source: BBC News…
View More Prominent anti-Hamas militia leader Yasser Abu Shabab killed in Gaza‘All Israeli people are with us’, parents of last dead hostage in Gaza tell BBC
The body of Ran Gvili, a 24-year-old Israeli police officer, is the last not yet returned by Hamas from Gaza. Read More | Source: BBC News…
View More ‘All Israeli people are with us’, parents of last dead hostage in Gaza tell BBC