Benjamin Netanyahu has claimed victory in Israel’s third election within a year, even as the country looked set for further political deadlock after early counts suggested he was still short... Read more

A UN investigation into atrocities committed in Syria has for the first time accused Russia of direct involvement in war crimes for indiscriminate bombing of civilian areas. The latest repor... Read more

Qatar Airways, one of the few global airlines still flying directly to Iran, is being criticized online by one of its customers from Iran over its cancellation fees as more countries and air... Read more

The coronavirus outbreak in Iran is “not that big of a deal,” Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said on Tuesday, urging citizens to pray against the virus. “This calamity is not th... Read more

Iran says there are 77 dead amid 2,336 cases of the new coronavirus in the Islamic Republic. That’s according to Ali Reza Raisi, a Health Ministry official, who gave a news conference Tuesda... Read more

Saudi Arabia’s ministry of health detected on Monday the first coronavirus case, a Saudi national traveling from Iran to the Kingdom through Bahrain, Saudi state news agency SPA reported. Th... Read more

The coronavirus, which originated in China and was declared a public health emergency of international concern by the World Health Organization on January 30, has since infected over 90,000... Read more

  Mervat Zakaria   The protest phenomenon in Iran extends to before 1979, when the Shah’s regime and its authoritarian policies were based on suppressing rights and freedoms, tight... Read more

Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis was at Alexandroupolis airport on Tuesday to greet European Council President Charles Michel, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, European... Read more

The Taliban carried out more than a dozen attacks on Afghan army bases, officials said Tuesday, hours after ending a partial truce and throwing into doubt peace talks between Kabul and the i... Read more

German Chancellor Angela Merkel said Monday it was “unacceptable” for Turkey to pressure the EU “on the backs of refugees” as thousands, some fleeing fighting in nort... Read more

A child has drowned at sea after a dinghy boat capsized during a crossing in Greece, marking the first death since Turkey opened its border so migrants and refugees could leave for Europe. I... Read more

German Chancellor Angela Merkel said Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s decision to bus thousands of migrants from refugee camps to Turkey’s border with Greece was the wron... Read more

Russia killed civilians in air strikes in Syria last year while rebels allied to Turkey carried out murder and pillage in Kurdish areas, UN investigators said on Monday – actions it sa... Read more

Mervat Zakaria   Protests have been raging in Iran since before 1979, as people used to demonstrate against the Shah’s regime, its authoritarian policies of suppressing rights and freed... Read more