Qatar has detained a Kenyan who wrote compelling dispatches under a pseudonym about the challenges of living as a low-wage worker in the Mideast country and advocating for laborers' rights

An Iranian official says that approving a variety of candidates for Iran’s presidential election could help boost turnout for a vote that authorities already worry may see little enthusiasm

Saudi Arabia has called for foreign ministers of the world’s largest body of Muslim nations to hold a meeting Sunday

Iran’s judiciary chief Ebrahim Raisi, a prominent hard-line cleric, has registered to run in Iran’s June presidential election

Israel and Hamas know that a fourth Gaza war would be as inconclusive as it is devastating for the impoverished territory’s 2 million Palestinians

Israeli Justice Minister Benny Gantz has called on the chiefs of big social media platforms to quickly remove content from their sites that incites violence or spreads disinformation