• Palestinian president, factions arrive in Egypt for talks

    Ahead of unity talks between various Palestinian factions boycotted by the militant group Islamic Jihad, President Mahmud Abbas arrived in Egypt on Saturday. Apart from chairing meeting of the heads of factions, the president is also scheduled to meet with the Egyptian counterpart Abdel Fattah El-Sisi, the Palestinian news agency...

  • Hamas arrests two in Gaza over firing rockets at Israel

    Gaza rulers Hamas arrested two people over firing rockets at Israel last week, a security source in the Palestinian enclave told AFP. Israel's army said rockets were launched Thursday from Gaza, the first such military action since three days of cross-border fighting in August. The incident prompted Hamas's internal security...

  • Turkey summons Swedish diplomat to explain ‘terrorist propaganda’

    Sweden's charge d'affaires in Turkey was summoned at the weekend to explain the use of what Ankara alleges is "terrorist propaganda" in support of Kurdish militants, a diplomatic source said.