The creation of the PLO vice presidency is seen as a key step toward leadership reform and succession planning ...

Yesterday, children were bombed.  This is cruelty, this is not war.  I want to say it because it touches my heart." — Pope Francis, condemning the bombing of children in Gaza ...

Mahmoud Abbas faced fierce criticism from various Palestinian groups following his appointment of a new deputy for the ...

Fatah veteran who spent more than 10 years in Israeli jails in 1970s and 1980s is seen as a successor to Mahmoud Abbas.

Qatar's prime minister says there has been "a bit of progress" in efforts to broker a new ceasefire in Gaza between Israel ...

A massive explosion and fire rocked a port Saturday in southern Iran purportedly linked to a shipment of a chemical ...

Saudi Arabia on Saturday welcomed the new reform measures adopted by the Palestinian leadership, as reflected in the ...

A senior Hamas delegation arrived in Cairo on Saturday for talks with Egyptian officials to broker a ceasefire agreement, CNN reported. An Egyptian official told CNN that the Israel has been invited ...

Sheikh, a longtime confidant, as vice president of the Palestine Liberation Organisation (PLO), positioning him as a likely ...

Abbas, 89, has headed the Palestine Liberation Organisation (PLO) and the Palestinian Authority (PA) since the death of veteran leader Yasser Arafat in 2004 but he had for years resisted internal refo ...