"Irrespective of who's shooting first at the moment, they must stop."
Guardian story helped to draw attention to planned hanging of Goli Kouhkan over death of abusive husbandA child bride who was due to be executed this month in Iran over the death of her husband has had her life spared by his parents, who were paid the …
Among the many people I met, there was a pervasive feeling of hopelessness and a sense that resistance is slowly becoming a memoryIn November, Israeli flags suddenly appeared beside a highway in the Palestinian West Bank. More than 1,000, placed about …
The Southern Transitional Council has seized control of parts of Yemen over the past week, with ambitions to create a “south Arabian state.”
The government faces a dilemma over what to do with civil-war-era prisons and detention camps that hold thousands of ISIS fighters and tens of thousands of their family members.
Syrians who have rebuilt their lives abroad face uncertainty over their futures amid hardening of attitudesTears of joy streamed down Abdulhkeem Alshater’s face as he joined thousands of other Syrian nationals in central Vienna last year. The moment th…
The two countries, which criminalize homosexuality and impose severe punishments for it, were picked to play on a day celebrating L.G.B.T.Q. communities.
Israel’s top court gave the government further reprieve on a long-stalled petition seeking free access to Gaza. Critics say barring journalists denies the world a full picture of conditions there.
Aid agencies say Israel is still restricting their aid shipments despite ceasefire announced two months agoMalnutrition continues to take a toll among Gaza’s young despite a ceasefire declared two months ago, with more than 9,000 children treated for a…
Residents say incursions and raids have increased since forces first entered country a year ago after fall of Assad On the day Bashar al-Assad’s regime fell, Abu Ibrahim and his family went to sleep wondering what sort of future awaited them in the mor…