Political parties in provinces controlled by the Kurdish Regional Government (KRG) in northern Iraq will be heading to the country’s parliamentary elections on May 12 amid unstable economic and political conditions. In 2014’s general election, Kurds, as a second largest population...

Now that one of Benjamin Netanyahu's closest confidants has turned state witness, according to Israeli media reports Wednesday, it may mark a turning point for the beleaguered prime minister facing a slew of corruption allegations that could topple him from power. The testimony by...

 Israel began Wednesday to install houses at its first new settlement in more than 25 years, AFP journalists at the scene said. A number of prefabricated mobile homes were delivered to the site that will become Amichai, the first new settlement sanctioned by the Israeli government...

In a similar fate to that of Pakistan girl Zainab Ansari, a four-year-old girl was recently raped and murdered in an Egyptian village in a case that has sparked outrage. The details surrounding the tragic case of Rodaina Abdou resembles much of what had happened to the Pakistani...