Israel's 53,000-strong community of African asylum seekers will hold a general labor strike Sunday in protest of the government's policy. 'People are desperate and scared, we are barred from renewing visas and then arrested for not having a visa'

Czech media report Palestinian representative in country was killed after opening old safe transferred to his Prague residence. Local police rule out attack, say incident was accident

Iranian news agencies report new conservative members join negotiations team in Geneva to silence critics of November's historic deal

Christians in Israel and the West Bank mark the holiday with festive cheer - and a lot of Santas

In response to Gaza border incident, Defense Ministry orders Gaza crossing shut, leaving 16 ton of strawberries, 100,000 flowers intended for EU markets locked-in. 'When Israel prevents people from earning, they will be forced to terror,' Gazan says

Yesh Atid bill calling for equal tax benefits for same-sex couples passes preliminary reading in Knesset, has coalition in turmoil. Lapid: 'We won't give up on the holy principle that every person has right to live as they please'

Egyptian army says arrested 'Palestinian belonging to Hamas who planned to blow up his car in front of strategic security building' in northern Sinai, continuing string of incidents between post-Mori Egypt, Gaza rulers

Despite new spate of violence, next round of prisoners' release set for next week. 'These prisoners aren’t going home to do needlepoint,' says mother whose son was killed in 2001