About 10 countries are expected to join 147 other member states of the U.N. that consider Palestine a sovereign nation.

Alaa Abd El Fattah, a British-Egyptian dual citizen, was imprisoned for most of the past 12 years as a dissident. He and his mother went on hunger strike to press for his release.

The Middle Eastern states closest to Israel see the attack on Hamas officials in Qatar and the invasion of Gaza City as warning signs of potential threats to their own security.

Thousands were evacuated and hundreds of flights have been canceled ahead of the major storm, equivalent in wind speed to a Category 5 hurricane.

A look at major figures who will appear during the week and what they might talk about.

Even as criticism of Israel ramps up and a growing number of countries say they’ll recognize a Palestinian state, concrete actions remain limited.

The wars in Ukraine, Gaza and Sudan will hang over the annual gathering of the U.N. General Assembly next week in New York. So, too, will budget and identity crises.

The announcements came on the eve of the annual gathering of the U.N. General Assembly.

The Allenby Bridge border crossing is the main gateway for Palestinians to leave the Israeli-occupied West Bank.

Demonstrations were set off by accusations that flood relief money was embezzled. They are part of a wave of discontent about economic inequality in several countries in Asia.