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Palestinians in West Bank and Gaza celebrate prisoners’ release
Hundreds of freed Palestinian prisoners and detainees have been welcomed with tears and screams of joy as they were released by Israel to...
Palestinian prisoners released in West Bank to rapturous crowds
Israel is releasing 250 Palestinian prisoners as part of the ceasefire deal with Hamas, many of whom have been serving life sentences in...
Trump says he ‘will not allow’ Netanyahu to annex West Bank
Donald Trump has said he will not allow Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to annex the Israeli-occupied West Bank.The US president told White...
Palestinians in West Bank stranded as Israel shuts only international crossing
Israel has closed the only crossing between the Israeli-occupied West Bank and neighbouring Jordan, stopping more than two million Palestinians from accessing the...
French navy seizes nearly 10 tonnes of cocaine off West African...
The French navy has seized nearly 10 tonnes of cocaine, worth $610m (£540m) off the coast of West Africa, French authorities have said.Two...
Six West Africans deported from US to Ghana sent to Togo...
At least six of the 11 West Africans deported to Ghana as part of the US crackdown on immigration have been transferred to...
Palestinians in West Bank fear recognition is not enough
Tom BennettRamallah, occupied West BankGetty ImagesUp and down the territory, hundreds of new Israeli military checkpoints have sprung up, often accompanied by sudden...
Three West African countries to quit UN top court
Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger have announced they will immediately withdraw from the International Criminal Court (ICC), labelling it an "instrument of neo-colonialist...
Palestinian recognition welcomed in West Bank despite fears of Israeli annexation
Lucy WilliamsonBBC Middle East correspondent in JeninBBCIsrael was temporarily given control over rural areas like this under the Oslo peace accords, with the...
Ghana agrees to accept West Africans deported from US
Ghana has become the latest country to accept people deported from the US as part of its campaign against undocumented migrants.President John Mahama...
