Authorities at British military bases in Cyprus say a yearlong crackdown on illegal bird poaching has resulted in a "huge" drop in the number of poachers operating inside the bases' territory

Israeli start-up UBQ says its innovative method of converting garbage into plastics, five years in the making, will revolutionize waste management and help make landfills obsolete

Hollywood star Robert De Niro took aim at the Trump administration's stance on climate change, telling a packed audience in the Middle East that he was visiting from a "backward" country suffering from "temporary insanity."

Activists and a family member say an Iranian-Canadian university professor has died while in custody in Tehran

Burning Iranian oil tanker, explodes and sinks after more than a week listing off the coast of China

AP PHOTOS: As Israel heads into its fifth consecutive year of drought, the Sea of Galilee stands at a century low, much of the Jordan River is a fetid trickle and the Dead Sea is rapidly shrinking

An international aid group says one million people across three Yemeni cities are at risk of a renewed cholera outbreak and other water-borne diseases following the closing of airports and sea ports by a Saudi-led coalition fighting Yemen's Shiite rebels

Senior UN official says fight against IS in Iraq left huge destruction, enormous planning, investment needed to rebuild

Israel's ministry of agriculture says it will continue funding a pet project to feed thousands of Great White Pelicans who fly annually over the country

A fire on marine explorer Jacque Cousteau's iconic ship, Calypso, has delayed the vessel's restoration by 6-8 months, the Cousteau Society said Wednesday.