One of the world’s biggest religious gatherings unfolded in near-total blackout on Monday when Iraq’s power grid buckled under the strain. As millions of Shiite pilgrims flooded Karbala for the ...

Legal scholars note the murder violates both Syrian law and the Fourth Geneva Convention’s protections for civilian hospitals. Human rights advocates, including Fadel Abdulghany, are pressing for UN ...

In a press conference for foreign journalists on Sunday night, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu confronted what he ...

The incident, which occurred late Friday, has sparked strong condemnation and renewed concern over rising antisemitism in ...

Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev and Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan signed a landmark peace agreement at the White ...

Israel’s security cabinet met Thursday evening to decide whether to seize full control of the Gaza Strip, a plan backed by ...

The 50-year commemoration of the civil war’s outbreak has pushed the cause back into public view. On April 13, 1975, Phalangist fighters attacked a bus carrying Palestinians to a refugee camp outside ...

For 12 days in June, Israel and Iran exchanged attacks, resulting in destruction and death in both countries. With missiles ...

Iran’s currency has been in free fall since the US pulled out of the 2015 nuclear deal in May 2018, reimposing sanctions that crippled Tehran’s economy. The rial has since lost much of its value ...

The eruption began at the Sydney Opera House two days after the world witnessed the horrors of October 7, 2023. Roughly a ...

Merz reiterated that Germany’s immediate priorities are securing a ceasefire and the release of Israeli hostages still held in Gaza. While affirming Israel’s right to self-defense, he warned that ...

Iraq’s prime minister has fired two top militia commanders and ordered prosecutions after an armed assault on a Baghdad government office left two people dead. The July 27 incident, officials say, was ...