Economic growth in Israel and chronic unemployment in the occupied West Bank is seeing more Palestinians cross to the "enemy" side seeking work. The numbers have almost doubled in five years and even another right wing victory in Tuesday's elections is unlikely to change that. "All the...

The Afghan Taliban rescinded a months-long ban on the International Committee for Red Cross (ICRC) working in areas under their control Sunday and restored security guarantees for those working for the organisation. The militants and the ICRC "consented to following the old agreement on top...

Inside a rusty, abandoned bus in northwestern Syria, Umm Joumaa washes a silver tray and glass teacups, light pouring into her makeshift kitchen through broken windows. Around her, towels, bedsheets, clothes and plastic bags hang from wires that stretch across the smashed-out vehicle where...

In a country splintered by conflict and propaganda wars, Libya's journalists are caught in the crossfire between battle fronts and partisan employers, exposing them to risks on the ground. Fighting that erupted in early April when eastern strongman Khalifa Haftar launched an offensive on...