Ismail Haniyeh has held Israel responsible for the lack of progress in achieving a ceasefire agreement in Gaza.

The top Hamas official says Israel is “sinking deeper and deeper into the swamp of Gaza”, stressing that the occupying regime failed to achieve a single victory after 60 days of war in the besieged enclave.

Seven indigenous former football players have launched a class action lawsuit against AFL, accusing senior management of failing to protect them from racist insults during their playing days.

Iran’s Foreign Ministry spokesman says the US enmity with the Islamic Republic is nothing new and that Washington has always pursued a policy of “maximum pressure” against Iran.

Lebanon's parliament fails for a fourth time this year to elect a president to succeed Michel Aoun.

A senior Turkish official says Ankara may consider the purchase of Russian Su-35 fighter jets, if the deal on buying F-16 aircraft from the United States fails.

A senior Palestinian politician says Israel’s biggest failure is the collapse of its entire projects in the occupied territories as the regime has failed to confront the Palestinian resistance movement.