The crippling uncertainty behind bars as a deadly disease rages. A lack of proper sanitary equipment. Riots by desperate detainees that allegedly have left dozens dead. And executions that proceed in spite of the outbreak. There is controversy over the magnitude of the coronavirus outbreak...

Iran's Revolutionary Guards announced they had successfully launched the country's first military satellite on Wednesday, at a time of fresh tensions with US forces in the Gulf. The United States alleges Iran's satellite programme is a cover for its development of missiles, while the...

An attacker was shot dead Wednesday after he hit an Israeli policeman with his van at a West Bank checkpoint and then stabbed him with a pair of scissors, police said. "The terrorist drove his vehicle into the border policeman that was on duty," police spokesman Micky Rosenfeld said in an...

United Nations rights experts accused Iran of violating international law Tuesday for executing a prisoner who was just 17 years old when he committed a crime. Shayan Saeedpour, alleged to have committed murder in August 2015, was hanged Tuesday, United Nations special rapporteurs Javaid...