Jordan has resorted to extraordinary measures to limit media coverage of its closure of the opposition-led teachers' union, reflecting a wider "slide into repression," Human Rights Watch said Tuesday. Authorities closed the Teachers' Syndicate and arrested its leaders on July 25 after it...

Gaza's lone power plant shut down Tuesday, less than a week after Israel suspended fuel shipments to the Palestinian enclave over the launching of incendiary balloons that have caused brush fires in southern Israel. Gaza, run by Hamas Islamists, relies on Israel for most of its energy...

Israel's Aviation Links said Tuesday it would start selling vacation packages to Rixos hotels in the United Arab Emirates, the latest deal in the wake of the countries agreeing to normalize relations. The agreement is the first in the tourism industry after Israel and the United Arab...

Israel's intelligence minister said Tuesday he knew of no change to a policy opposing US sales of advanced weaponry to Arab states that could diminish Israel's military superiority, after a report the United Arab Emirates could clinch such deals. The remarks by the minister, Eli Cohen,...