Middle East

Tel Aviv and Jerusalem CNN  —  Israel’s President Isaac Herzog announced Friday he will invite Benjamin Netanyahu to form Israel’s…

Afghan women were stopped from entering amusement parks in Kabul Wednesday after the Taliban’s morality ministry said that there would be restrictions…

CNN —  Leading Iranian actor Taraneh Alidoosti posted a picture of herself on Instagram without the mandatory hijab to show support…

Jerusalem and London CNN  —  Israel’s Benjamin Netanyahu owes his victory in last week’s Israeli elections partly to a change…

CNN  —  “Someone’s crime was that her hair was flowing in the wind. Someone’s crime was that he or she…

Grand Imam of Azhar Sheikh Ahmed Tayyeb, the head of the Muslim Council of Elders, voiced appreciation to Pope Francis,…

CNN  —  Iranian lawmakers have urged the country’s judiciary to “show no leniency” to protesters in a letter cited by…

CNN  —  Iranian police said they would investigate an incident caught on camera showing security forces attacking and shooting a…

CNN  —  As many as 14,000 people have been arrested in Iran during protests there since September, according to a…

CNN – The Iranian government acknowledged for the first time Saturday that it had sent a limited number of drones…