Analysts say real decision-making power remains with 84-year-old Abbas, in power since 2005

Abbas asked Shtayyeh, a member of the central committee of the Palestinian president's Fatah...

Hamdallah's government will remain in place while a new administration is formed

Though the parliament has not met since 2007, when Hamas seized control of the Gaza Strip, Palestinian...

Palestinian leaders see US President Donald Trump's administration as blatantly biased in favour...

The Egyptian presidency was not immediately available to comment

Trump has called peace between Israel and the Palestinians the 'ultimate deal' and has tasked...

Israeli Defence Minister Avigdor Lieberman immediately rejected the statement

Foreign ministry official B Bala Bhaskar said Modi's visit would be his first, though the Indian premier...

Abbas and other Palestinian leaders refused to meet Pence, making his visit a rare one by a high-ranking...

Abbas attacked the US ambassadors to Israel and the United Nations, David Friedman and Nikki Haley, calling...

'The obvious thing would be for the Americans to step back from Jerusalem recognition but I can’t see...

Palestinian and international leaders hope implementation of the unity deal could help ease the hardships...

Observers see the reduced number of officials to vote, down from more than 2,000 in 2009, as part of...