Peace is not made with arms, says Pope in Easter plea

31.03.2024 21:00 The 87-year-old pontiff presided over Easter mass despite concerns over his health.

Car bomb tears through crowded Syrian market

31.03.2024 11:00 At least seven people die and several more are wounded in the attack near the border with Turkey.

UN observers wounded by shelling in southern Lebanon

31.03.2024 00:15 It comes as tensions along the unofficial border between Israel and Lebanon intensified in recent days.

US sends weapons to Israel despite Gaza toll unease

31.03.2024 00:15 The delivery of arms to Israel comes as the US expresses concern over deaths and suffering amongst Gaza's residents.

Stabbed Iranian TV host's station 'faced threats'

31.03.2024 00:15 London-based Iran International says Pouria Zeraati was attacked by a group in the south of the city.

Gazans watch the skies to spot planes dropping aid

30.03.2024 13:15 The BBC boards a US aid flight as air drops increasingly become the last resort for foreign governments.

Israel crisis deepens over ultra-Orthodox draft

30.03.2024 02:15 Ultra-Orthodox in the government react furiously over a High Court order on military service.

Syria blames Israel for major air strike

29.03.2024 15:46 Hezbollah and Syrian forces are among 42 reported killed in one of the deadliest attacks of its kind.

Top UN court orders Israel to allow aid into Gaza

29.03.2024 05:00 The court in The Hague says Gaza is "no longer facing only a risk of famine" but "famine is setting in".

Gaza starvation could amount to war crime, UN human rights chief tells BBC

28.03.2024 18:45 Volker Türk tells Jeremy Bowen there is a "plausible" case that Israel is using starvation as a weapon of war.

Hostages’ relatives arrested as Gaza talks break down

27.03.2024 22:45 Family members and activists blocked a main road in Tel Aviv, demanding more be done to free them.

Israel, Hezbollah trade strikes over Lebanon border

27.03.2024 22:45 The Iran-backed movement fires rockets into Israel killing one, after a deadly strike on a Lebanese village.

'Hope is mandatory': Hostage's mother believes her son will return

27.03.2024 12:00 Rachel Goldberg-Polin's son Hersh was kidnapped on 7 October and is still being held hostage in Gaza.

Israel says UN resolution damaged Gaza truce talks

27.03.2024 01:16 Israel says the ceasefire demand led Hamas to reject a deal, but the US calls the claim inaccurate.

UN rights expert accuses Israel of acts of genocide

27.03.2024 01:16 Francesca Albanese says Israel seeks to destroy Palestinians, in a report Israel calls "outrageous".