Israeli settlers have vandalized more than 160 Palestinian vehicles in the occupied East Jerusalem al-Quds, slashing the tires of parked cars and spraying racist graffiti on nearby walls.

An Israeli non-profit organization says more than one-quarter of all Israelis are living in poverty and that the number of poor children exceeds one million.

A senior Israeli rabbi has visited Bahrain under the pretext of attending a religious event and met with the kingdom’s monarch, as Tel Aviv and its Arab allies speed up attempts to normalize ties following years of clandestine contacts.

Anti-government protesters clashed on Monday (December 9) with soldiers and pro-government demonstrators in front of a politician's house in Tripoli, northern Lebanon.

The Chinese government rejects a White House decision that reversed Washington’s four-decade-old position on Israeli settlements in the occupied Palestinian territories, says China’s new special envoy on the Middle East affairs.

A Palestinian NGO says the economic loss imposed on the Gaza Strip as a result of Israel’s blockade of the impoverished enclave is estimated to stand at nearly 100 million dollars a month.

The Palestinian Hamas resistance movement has warned of an “upcoming outburst of rage” against the Israeli occupying regime over its persistent violations against the al-Aqsa Mosque compound in the occupied Old City of Jerusalem, al-Quds, and Muslim worshipers in the complex.

The Palestinian resistance movement Hamas has warned the Israeli regime against continued airstrikes on its positions in the besieged Gaza Strip, describing such acts of aggression as “serious escalation that cannot go unpunished.”

Iran constantly pursues the case of Nigeria’s top Shia cleric Sheikh Ibrahim Zakzaky through diplomatic contacts with the Nigerian government in line with efforts to help improve his health, says the Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman.

Yemen’s minister of information has slammed Saudi Arabia’s State Minister for Foreign Affairs Adel al-Jubeir for “making dictates” regarding the future of the country.