As waves of protests have tested the Iranian regime’s ability to manage dissent, the country with arguably the most to gain has been waiting in the wings, reluctant to intervene even when its regional ...

Four years later, in the 2025/26 report, Israel is ranked 84th, Qatar 70th, and Saudi Arabia 63rd. During the interim, ...

Former Israeli hostage Romi Gonen said she endured repeated sexual assault, harassment and intimidation during her 471 days of Hamas captivity, speaking publicly for the first time about her ...

Lebanon on Thursday announced that it has completed the first phase of its plan to disarm Hezbollah and other militant groups in the country’s south, but Israel said the progress was “far from ...

The United Nations Emergency Relief Coordinator Tom Fletcher has called for a renewed commitment to the delivery of aid to Gaza, warning on Wednesday of “further setbacks” to the scale-up of aid ...

• Negotiations to finalize a deal based on President Donald Trump’s Gaza ceasefire plan are underway in Egypt, and a source with knowledge of the talks told CNN that Israel and Hamas have made ...

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Thursday the country’s “struggle is not over,” just days after Israel and Hamas agreed to a ceasefire deal that has since been blighted by a dispute over ...

• Israel’s security cabinet is meeting to vote on the first phase of a US-brokered ceasefire plan, to be followed by a full cabinet vote. The deal between Israel and Hamas would allow for the release ...

After months of delays and disappointments, a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas came into effect in Gaza on Friday. Thousands of Palestinians have begun walking from the south of Gaza toward Gaza ...

Several international humanitarian organizations, including Doctors Without Borders (MSF), face being barred from working in Gaza from Thursday for failing to comply with Israel’s new restrictions for ...