There has been an increase in killings of and attacks against Palestinians by settlers and security forces in the occupied West Bank in recent weeks, the United Nations human rights office said on Tuesday.

Israeli media describes move as ‘unprecedented change' in control over holy site, sparking fears of increased Judaization in occupied city of Hebron

Israeli settlers killed a 20-year-old Palestinian-American man in the West Bank, according to the Palestinian Ministry of Health and an eyewitness, as settler violence against Palestinians ramps up in the occupied territory.

Growth in the 15 member states that make up the Economic Community of West African States, or ECOWAS, is likely to inch down to 5.0% this year from 5.1% last year, the bloc's regional development bank said on Tuesday.

An animal control officer found the small brown dog dead inside a wire crate that had been left in direct sunlight all day with no food or water.

"It is impacting several refugee camps in the area, and it is causing the largest population displacement of the Palestinians in the West Bank since 1967," she told reporters in Geneva via video from Jordan, referring to the six-day Arab-Israeli war that led to Israel's occupation of the West Bank.

A travel vlogger has died at a property in the Scottish borders after false claims emerged online she was killed in the West Bank. Emma Winters, 57, passed away at a property on Renwick Terrace in Hawick at around 10am on Friday July 11 and her next of kin ...