Leading Kurdish opposition movement Gorran has withdrawn its ministers from Iraq's semi-autonomous Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) and its member Yousif Mohamed has resigned as parliament speaker, party sources told Reuters on Wednesday. The Kurdistan Islamic Group (Komal), another...

Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev separately received on Thursday Turkish and Iranian foreign ministers in Baku. According to a presidential statement, the meeting came before a fifth trilateral meeting between the foreign ministers of Azerbaijan, Turkey and Iran. Aliyev...

 The Israeli army detained 24 Palestinians in overnight raids in the occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem, according to Palestinian NGOs on Wednesday. In a statement, the Palestinian Prisoners Society said Israeli forces rounded up 18 Palestinians after raiding their homes in the...

Remember the Palestinian girl who tried to defend her younger brother from Israeli soldiers? She's just been arrested. Watch the video of Ahed Tamimi fending off an Israeli soldier who was assaulting her brother. AJ+