Court in Bahrain sentences prominent activist Nabeel Rajab to 5 years in prison over tweets

Israeli police suspect Netanyahu confidant of trying to bribe top judge to drop corruption case against Netanyahu's wife

Turkish state media: Pro-Syrian government forces withdraw from Afrin city following Turkish shelling

Benjamin Netanyahu came to prominence as a star of the media age, but it is an obsession with controlling the media that now accounts for much of the scandal threatening his rule

Turkey's state-run news agency says a court in Istanbul has sentenced six journalists accused of involvement in a 2016 coup attempt to life prison terms

State media: Turkish court sentences 6 journalists to life prison terms over 2016 failed coup

An international media watchdog group says the Arab Gulf state of Bahrain has revoked the citizenship of seven journalists and social media activists since a wave of anti-government protests broke out seven years ago

Israeli media reports say police recommending Netanyahu indictment on corruption charges, including bribery

A video purportedly by the Islamic State's affiliate in Egypt is calling on its fighters to stage attacks during next month's presidential elections and warning Egyptians to stay away from polling centers