Middle East
Palestinians Decry ‘Collective Punishment’ Over Israel’s Nablus Closure
Israel's sweeping closure of Nablus has restricted travel in and out of the northern West Bank city for some 200,000...
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US Citizen Jailed in Saudi for Tweets on Khashoggi, Yemen: Son
A US citizen jailed in Saudi Arabia is being punished for Twitter posts on topics including the 2018 killing of...
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Iran Protesters Defiant Despite Crackdown
Protesters in Iran remained defiant in the fourth week of a movement against the Islamic republic despite a crackdown including...
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Iran Protests Flare for 10th Night as Tensions Grow With West
Iran has arrested more than 1,200 protesters in its lethal crackdown on 10 nights of unrest driven by outrage over...
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Palestinians Slam UK ‘Review’ of Israel Embassy Location
Palestinian officials said any move by Britain to move its embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem would be...
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Iran Media Says Foreign Diplomats Arrested Including Briton
Iran's Revolutionary Guards arrested several foreign diplomats including a Briton, accusing them of "spying'."
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Pakistani Migrants in Afghanistan Caught in Quake No-Man’s Land
Thousands of Pakistanis who fled their homeland for Afghanistan are going through an even harder time than the locals in...
Read moreIsrael’s Occupation Main Cause of Conflict: UN Investigators Say
Israel's occupation and discrimination against Palestinians are the main causes of the endless cycles of violence, UN investigators said.
Read moreIran’s Enriched Uranium Stockpile 18 Times Over 2015 Deal Limit: IAEA
The UN nuclear watchdog said that it estimated Iran's stockpile of enriched uranium had grown to more than 18 times...
Read more15 European Nations Urge Israel to Reverse Plans for More Settler Homes
Fifteen European nations urged Israel to drop plans for thousands more settler homes in the West Bank, warning that they...
Read moreHRW Urges Iran to Release Teachers Arrested in Crackdown
Iran has arrested almost 40 teachers nationwide before and since May 1 protests, Human Watch Rights has said, calling for...
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Syria Frees 60 Prisoners in Presidential Amnesty: Monitor
Syrian authorities have freed 60 detainees, including some held in regime prisons for over a decade, in a presidential amnesty...
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Jordan Summons Israeli Envoy Over Jerusalem Violence
Jordan summoned the Israeli charge d'affaires to object to "provocative Israeli violations" at the flashpoint Al-Aqsa Mosque compound in Jerusalem,...
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Environmentalist Held in Iran Ends ‘Hunger Strike’: Daughter
Morad Tahbaz, an environmental campaigner held in Iran, has ended a week-long hunger strike, reiterating his family's frustration with the...
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HRW Labels Saudi Mass Execution ‘Brutal Show of Autocratic Rule’
Human Rights Watch said it was "highly unlikely" that 81 men Saudi Arabia executed in a single day received fair...
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Israeli Forces Kill 3 Palestinians in West Bank: Ministry
Three Palestinians were killed by Israeli forces in two separate incidents in the occupied West Bank.
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17 Israelis Arrested Over Attack on Palestinian Village
Seventeen Israelis have been arrested on suspicion of involvement in a racist attack on a Palestinian village in the occupied...
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NGO Demands UN Israel-Palestinian Investigator Resign
A pro-Israel rights group filed a complaint against the head of a UN investigation into systematic abuses in Israel and...
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Taliban Vows in Geneva Talks to Protect Aid Workers: NGO
A Taliban delegation has committed to ensuring protection for aid and health workers, including female staff, and enabling education in...
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ISIS Chief Blows Himself Up During US Raid in Syria
US special forces carried out a nighttime airborne raid in northwestern Syria during which the head of the ISIS group...
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