Elections
Turkey's main opposition party elects Ozgur Ozel as new leader
Turkey’s main opposition party has voted for fresh leadership, five months after a devastating election defeat that saw President Recep Tayyip Erdogan extend his two-decade rule
Egyptian court gives a government critic a 6-month sentence in a case condemned by rights groups
An Egyptian court has sentenced a fierce government critic to six months in prison over charges that stemmed from an online spat with a former minister
Candidate registrations for Iran's parliamentary elections hit record high
A record number of people have registered to become candidates in Iran’s parliamentary elections scheduled for March that will be the first since nationwide protests rocked the country last year
A year ago, an Iranian woman's death sparked hijab protests. Now businesses are a new battleground
Iranian authorities have for months done little to enforce the law on women wearing the mandatory headscarf, but now the country’s theocracy is pushing to make businesses the new battleground over the hijab
Iran opens registration for candidates in next year's parliament election, the first since protests
Iran has begun registering candidates for parliamentary elections in March, which will be the first since nationwide protests rocked the country last year
His campaign forced Sinead O'Connor to scrap a 1997 Jerusalem concert. Now he is a Cabinet minister
When death threats forced Irish pop singer Sinead O’Connor to call off a peace concert in Jerusalem in the summer of 1997, a young man named Itamar Ben-Gvir took credit for the campaign against her
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Turkish lira declines to record lows following start of Erdogan's new presidential term
The Turkish lira has tumbled to fresh record lows, extending its slide against the U.S. dollar
Kuwait, only Gulf Arab nation with a powerful assembly, holds another election mired in gridlock
Voters in Kuwait are heading to the polls for a third time in as many years, with little hope of ending prolonged gridlock between the ruling family and assertive lawmakers
Israel's Netanyahu appoints new media advisor, journalist who had called Biden 'unfit,' report says
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has appointed a new media advisor who has tweeted critically against President Joe Biden