Government And Politics
An Iranian rights lawyer detained for allegedly not wearing hijab was freed on bail, husband says
A prominent Iranian human rights lawyer who was detained last month for allegedly violating the country’s mandatory headscarf law has been freed on bail
Iraq's top court has ruled to remove the country's parliament speaker. No details are announced
Iraq’s top court has ruled to terminate the parliament speaker
Israel says Hamas is using Gaza's biggest hospital for cover. Hundreds of people are trapped inside
Gaza’s Shifa Hospital has become the focus of a dayslong stalemate in Israel’s war against Hamas
GOP hopeful Chris Christie visits Israel, says the US must show solidarity in war against Hamas
Republican presidential hopeful Chris Christie is visiting Israel on a mission to express solidarity in its war against Hamas
Missile fire from Lebanon wounds a utility work crew in northern Israel as the front heats up
Israeli officials say Lebanese Hezbollah militants have fired antitank missiles at an Israeli community just over the border, badly wounding a crew of utility workers
More than 800 Sudanese reportedly killed in attack on Darfur town, UN says
The U.N. refugee agency and Sudanese doctors say fighters from a paramilitary force and their allied Arab militias rampaged through a town in the war-ravaged region of Darfur, reportedly killing more than 800 people
Israel says it will maintain 'overall security responsibility' for Gaza. What might that look like?
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu did not elaborate when he said that Israel would maintain indefinite “overall security responsibility” in Gaza once it removes Hamas from power in response to the Islamic militant group's cross-border raid
Cyprus official says Israel-Hamas war may give an impetus to regional energy projects
Cyprus’ energy minister says the political and economic ramifications from the ongoing Israel-Hamas war may provide an impetus to regional energy projects involving his country
Cyprus has a plan for a humanitarian sea corridor to Gaza and will present it to EU leaders
An official says the Cypriot president will expand it detail his government’s initiative for the establishment of a maritime corridor to ship aid from the east Mediterranean island nation to Gaza when he meets other European Union heads of state at an international conference on assisting Gaza’s civilian population in Paris on Nov. 9
Nobel Peace Prize laureate Narges Mohammadi goes on a hunger strike while imprisoned in Iran
A campaign urging Iran to free Nobel Peace Prize laureate Narges Mohammadi says the activist has begun a hunger strike over the conditions of her imprisonment and the country’s requirement that women wear headscarves