Collecting data from a variety of sources, The Independent lays out the figures behind a conflict that has brought the entire Middle East to the brink of all-out war: The number of hostages seized ...

A huge ‘mushroom cloud’ was caught on camera after a ‘loud bang’ erupted from the nuclear power stations in Heysham, near Morecambe. Did you know with a Digital Subscription to Lancashire ...

However, Pro-Palestintian activists have critiqued the wording used in the Prime Minister’s statement, which they believe portrays Israelis in a more sympathetic light and as having suffered more. One ...

A bitter row has broken out over plans for a large Pro-Palestine march to take place outside the BBC headquarters on Saturday. Several MPs have been left “alarmed” by the Met Police’s ...

This mushroom looks fabulous, growing in white fluffy puffs with shaggy spindles that look like fur. It’s been used for many years in east Asian medicine to boost brain health and sharpen focus ...

The individuals reported buying the mushrooms from a truck in a supermarket parking lot, according to a news release sent out by the hospital. It’s unclear how many sites the vendor operates from.

The conflict between Sunni and Shia Muslims remains one of the central features shaping the political and religious dynamics of the Middle East. Rooted in Islamic history since the 7th century ...

Dozens of Palestinians have been killed in multiple Israeli attacks on Gaza, hospital staff said, as high-level negotiators prepare to resume stalled ceasefire talks. Staff at the Al-Aqsa Martyrs ...

Art Spiegelman, author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning graphic novel Maus, has announced that he will be collaborating with Joe Sacco, creator of the documentary-comic Palestine, in a new project ...

The Camp David peace accords, signed by Israel and Egypt in 1978, remain the biggest achievement from decades of mostly failed U.S. peacemaking in the Middle East. But for Carter, who died on ...