The incident underscored tensions between Abbas' Western-backed Palestinian Authority, based in the West Bank, and Hamas, the Islamist group that rules Gaza.

"Despite U.S. pressures on Iranian oil market, the number of potential buyers of Iranian oil has significantly increased due to a competitive market, greed and pursuit of more profit," Iran's deputy oil minister for trade and international affairs says.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his team of advisers were expected to meet with U.S. President Donald Trump's National Security...

The device was one of two found inside a bag on a nearby rooftop, three security sources and state media reported.

Mark Brnovich filed a brief in late December stating that the BDS campaign was motivated by anti-Semitism and aids terrorist groups such as Hamas.