Veteran Israeli photographer David Rubinger, whose photo of Israeli paratroopers at the Western Wall holy site became an iconic image of the 1967 Mideast war, has died at age 92

A Turkish fashion designer and government critic has been released from jail pending a trial on charges of inciting hatred through social media postings

Iranian hard-line papers criticize Farhadi's Oscar for best foreign film, claiming 'politics' brought him the award

A Turkish court ordered a journalist for Germany's Die Welt newspaper jailed pending a trial on charges of terrorist propaganda and inciting hatred, media reports said

A local Kurdish news organization says one of their presenters was killed covering the Mosul operation and another of their journalists was injured

Israeli media say a preliminary investigation by Israeli officials has determined that an Israeli Arab driver who struck and killed a policeman last month did so unintentionally, prompting calls for senior officials to resign for calling him a terrorist

The international human rights group, Amnesty International, says Turkey was among countries with the worst practices for human rights in 2016

Israeli media: Military court sentences Israeli soldier to 18 months for fatal shooting of wounded Palestinian attacker

Turkish media say explosion hits town in southeast Turkey; injuries reported

Iran's wrestling team has defeated the United States wrestling team to win gold medal in the Freestyle World Cup