Government And Politics
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
What's behind the tentative US-Iran agreement involving prisoners and frozen funds
The United States and Iran have reached a tentative agreement that will eventually set free five detained Americans in Iran and an unknown number of Iranians imprisoned in the U.S. after billions of dollars in frozen Iranian assets are transferred from banks in South Korea to Qatar
Iran transfers 5 Iranian-American prisoners to house arrest
Iran has transferred five Iranian-Americans from prison to house arrest
Iran transfers 5 Iranian-Americans from prison to house arrest in step toward deal for full release
Iran has moved five Iranian-Americans from prison to house arrest in exchange for billions of dollars frozen in South Korea
Yemeni military commander and three others killed in suspected Al-Qaida attack
Security officials and an eyewitness say they suspect an Al-Qaida attack in southern Yemen killed a military commander and three soldiers from a secessionist group
Israeli forces kill a Palestinian man in the West Bank, Palestinian health officials say
Palestinian health officials say Israeli forces shot and killed a Palestinian man in the occupied West Bank
Israeli forces kill a Palestinian militant in the West Bank, the latest death in a wave of violence
A Palestinian militant group says Israeli forces have shot and killed one of its members in the occupied West Bank
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
Bahrain prison inmates on hunger strike in latest sign of simmering unrest in island kingdom
Bahrain prison inmates are taking part in a hunger strike over conditions there
Texas woman known as the 'Sassy Trucker' leaves Dubai after monthslong legal dispute, advocate says
A Houston woman known online as the “Sassy Trucker” who had been stranded in Dubai for months over an altercation at a car rental agency has left the United Arab Emirates