Iraq's federal appeals court Tuesday ordered the release of an Iraqi-American anti-corruption activist who had been sentenced to six years in jail on defamation charges. Bassem Khashan had been sentenced to two jail terms of three years each earlier this month. "The court...

Israel detained ten extended family members of Palestinian teenager labeled hero Ahed Tamimi during wide-scale raid and inspection operations in the occupied Palestinian village of Nabi Saleh. The village of Nabi Saleh, located northwest of the occupied city of Ramallah has been the...

Netflix is set to produce its very first drama series in the region, with the Lebanese Very Big Shot director Mir Jen Bou Chaaya taking the director’s chair, and Jordanian scribe Bassel Ghandour, who scripted the Oscar-nominated Theeb, on writing duties. The series is called Jinn, and...

AMMAN (Reuters) - Jordan’s Prime Minister Hani Mulki reshuffled his cabinet on Sunday and appointed the king’s chief of staff as his special deputy for economic affairs in an apparent bid to soothe widespread anger over rising hardship and flagging growth. Mulki’s reshuffle, his...