Search For Keyword.

Middle East

Turkey arrests Amnesty International's country chairman

A Turkish court has formally arrested Amnesty International's chairman in the country pending trial on charges of membership in a terror organization, Turkey's official Anadolu news agency said Saturday. The rights group called it a "mockery of justice." Taner Kilic was arrested in the...

Iran arrests seven suspects linked to Tehran attacks

Iranian authorities have arrested seven people suspected of helping militants involved in this week's attacks in the capital Tehran, a judiciary official said on Saturday. ISIS claimed responsibility for the suicide bombings and gun attacks on parliament and the mausoleum of the Islamic...

3 siblings, grandmother killed in Yemen airstrike

Three siblings and their grandmother were killed early Friday after Saudi-led coalition forces dropped munitions on three houses in the Yemeni capital, the children's father said. Rachid Hadi told The Associated Press that he and his wife survived the airstrike but their children were...

Bringing music to young Palestinian refugees

As a boy, Ramzi Aburedwan found himself caught up in the first Palestinian intifada, a well-known photo at the time showing him holding stones to throw at Israeli soldiers. He has since become a respected musician and composer, who gives back to children from Palestinian refugee camps, like...