Belgian university posts hooked-nose gesture meaning ‘Jew’ in video, drawing condemnation from European Jewish Association

Foreign ministry spokesman says Jerusalem gives its 'full support and solidarity' to Cypriot sovereign rights against Turkish operations in its exclusive economic zone

Majdi al-Khaldi says Muscat operated diplomatic office in West Bank in 1990s but later closed it; four Arab states currently maintain representation in Ramallah

UN Special Coordinator for Lebanon Jan Kubis meets Naim Qassem, recommends his book as 'necessary reading'

Foreign ministry describes comments by Sergey Glazyev regarding country's new Jewish president as 'conspiratorial and anti-Semitic'

Minister denounces Guardian story as 'lie,' after Foreign Ministry spokesman says authorities to step up vigilance to keep away those who intend to try and 'destroy' music event

Government and church officials in Israel bemoan fire threatening to destroy landmark cathedral, which has stood in Paris for 850 years