Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu seeks re-election with a cloud of corruption charges looming over him

Iranian media are reporting three staff in the country's defense industries have been killed in an explosion in a submarine under construction in the country's south

Netanyahu gets a welcome lift from his friend in the White House as he's embroiled in tight race for re-election in Israel

Iranian media are reporting that veteran film and theater actor Jamshid Mashayekhi has died at age 84. A Tuesday report by the semi-official ISNA news agency says Mashayekhi died in a hospital in Tehran after a lengthy illness

Israeli researchers say a network of social media bots has been campaigning for Netanyahu ahead of next week's elections

Lawyer, family: Prominent Egyptian pro-democracy activists released from prison after serving 5-year term for protests

Sudanese newspaper reports that its chief editor has been freed after a month in detention for speaking out against President Omar al-Bashir's state of emergency declaration

Iran's state-run news agency: 10 die from tainted alcohol in northwestern Azarbaijan province, 240 hospitalized

Media report: Gunshots heard at airport in central Turkey; 2 people injured

Muslim community leaders and terrorism experts say New Zealand mosque shooting shows that for too long, terrorism has been seen as a uniquely 'Muslim problem'