At least 23 people have been killed -- and more than 500 reportedly detained -- since anti-government protests erupted across Iran late last week. According to local media outlets and state officials, four people were killed in Iran’s Lorestan province; two in Khuzestan province;...

Israel has extended the detention without trial of a prominent Palestinian politician by another six months, the army said Tuesday, meaning she will spend at least one year in custody. Khalida Jarrar was arrested on July 2 for being a senior member in the Popular Front for the...

Israeli warplanes early Tuesday struck a site belonging to Palestinian resistance group Hamas in the blockaded Gaza Strip, according to a Palestinian security source. Speaking to Anadolu Agency on condition of anonymity as he was not authorized to speak to the media, the source said...

Iran on Tuesday reopened three of its border crossings with northern Iraq’s Kurdish region -- at Baghdad’s request -- after some two and a half months of closure, according to a local customs official. “The Parwezkhan, Haji Omaran and Sayran Ban crossings have all been reopened to...