Human Rights Watch and the European Union have voiced concerns over Egypt's latest arrests of prominent activists and have called for their release. Thursday's statement by the New York-based watchdog says the arrests show that "the state of oppression in Egypt has sunk so low" under...

A former Mossad chief has told an Israeli television program that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu gave the order in 2011 for the military to prepare to attack Iran within 15 days. Tamir Pardo told Keshet TV's show Uvda in an interview that aired Thursday that the order was not given...

The U.S. on Wednesday issued further sanctions on Iranian entities as well as a conservative semi-official organization for alleged "rights abuses". The Treasury Department described Ansar-e Hezbollah, the designated semi-official organization, as "an organization supported by the...

Following elections, Iraq must move quickly to form a government that can overcome sectarian divisions and push ahead with badly-needed reforms, the U.N. envoy said Wednesday. An alliance led by nationalist cleric Moqtada Sadr won the biggest share of seats in parliamentary elections on...