Mexican authorities are recounting more than half the ballot boxes used in the presidential election after finding inconsistencies in the vote tallies.

A second Muslim man has been charged in connection with an attack in Australia on a recent convert to Islam who was allegedly whipped 40 times as a religious punishment for drinking alcohol.

Israeli troops killed a Hamas activist in a West Bank raid today as part of its new offensive against the Islamic militant group.

Israel transferred €15.34m in tax revenues to the impoverished Palestinian Authority today in a move meant to ease economic conditions in the West Bank and Gaza Strip.