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Sep 19, 2020
A Times Magazine series examines how climate change will force millions worldwide to move. Recently, Meridith Kohut photographed people on the front lines of this shift. In America.
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Sep 19, 2020
The Trump administration has ramped up its criticism of Iran, but Tehran has chosen a path of restraint, intelligence showed.
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Sep 18, 2020
As the pandemic in the country worsens, officials warn that new restrictions might not be enough to cut infection rates significantly. Many people question the logic and motives behind the rules.
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Sep 18, 2020
Reports reveal that hackers have been secretly gathering intelligence on opponents of the Iranian regime, breaking into cellphones and computers and outsmarting apps like Telegram.
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Sep 18, 2020
Reports reveal that hackers have been secretly gathering intelligence on opponents of the Iranian regime, breaking into cellphones and computers and outsmarting apps like Telegram.
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Sep 18, 2020
As the pandemic in the country worsens, officials warn that new restrictions might not be enough to cut infection rates significantly. Many people question the logic and motives behind the rules.
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Sep 16, 2020
Four men are accused of involvement in the blazes at the Moria camp that left 12,000 migrants without shelter.
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Sep 16, 2020
State Department officials have raised alarms about the legal risk in aiding airstrikes that kill civilians. The Trump administration recently suppressed findings as it sold more weapons to Gulf nations.
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Sep 15, 2020
The cyberattacks were in retaliation for the death of Maj. Gen. Qassim Suleimani of Iran in a U.S. military airstrike in January, according to a federal indictment unsealed Tuesday.
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Sep 14, 2020
The leaders of Israel, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates have a stake in President Trump's re-election and helped him become a peacemaker.
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Sep 14, 2020
The shocking killing of a young couple and their son in a West Bank village drew condemnation from Palestinians and Israeli leaders.
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Sep 14, 2020
State Department officials have raised alarms about the legal risk in aiding airstrikes that kill civilians. The Trump administration recently suppressed findings as it sold more weapons to Gulf nations.
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Sep 13, 2020
Normalized ties with the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain raise hopes in Israel that it is finally gaining acceptance in its volatile neighborhood.
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Sep 13, 2020
Citizens will be confined to within 500 yards of their homes for at least three weeks in an effort to contain the spread of coronavirus.
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Sep 13, 2020
Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe is already serving a prison sentence after being accused of plotting to overthrow Iran's government. The case has strained already fraught ties between Britain and Iran.
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Sep 12, 2020
The announcement that Bahrain would establish full diplomatic relations with Israel leaves open the possibility that more Arab states will follow.
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Sep 12, 2020
Many suspected that the charges against Navid Afkari were false, and international sports groups had mounted a campaign for clemency.
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Sep 11, 2020
Bahrain's closeness to Saudi rulers makes it unthinkable the change in diplomatic ties happened without approval. But Saudi Arabia itself may not be in a rush to normalize relations with Israel.
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Sep 11, 2020
The island kingdom in the Persian Gulf becomes the second Arab nation in a month to more openly embrace Israel, dismissing Palestinian objections.
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Sep 11, 2020
The island kingdom in the Persian Gulf becomes the second Arab nation in a month to more openly embrace Israel, dismissing Palestinian objections.
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Sep 11, 2020
Palestinian families are suffering intensely as their government's tax protest continues, even though the cause — Israel's push to annex the West Bank — has been suspended.
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Sep 10, 2020
Critics and outraged officials accused the Israeli prime minister, on trial for corruption, of exploiting a tragic episode to discredit his own law enforcement agencies.
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Sep 10, 2020
Orange flames and a plume of black smoke rose over the city, terrifying residents still recovering from last month's explosion.
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Sep 10, 2020
Orange flames and a plume of black smoke rose over the city, terrifying residents still recovering from last month's explosion.
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Sep 09, 2020
The long-planned trims, which would cut the number nearly in half, maintain a U.S. counterterrorism force in Iraq but help fulfill President Trump's goal to reduce overseas deployments.
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Sep 08, 2020
An Iranian athlete was charged with murder after taking part in anti-government protests. Many think the charges are false, motivated by a government seeking to make an example of him.
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Sep 08, 2020
Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe was arrested while visiting family in 2016. Her case, widely criticized as politically motivated, has further strained the tense relationship between Britain and Iran.
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Sep 08, 2020
As he moved to slow the pandemic, Dr. Ronni Gamzu kept butting heads with ultra-Orthodox leaders. Then Israel's top virus fighter was suddenly undercut.
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Sep 07, 2020
The sentences, of up to 20 years in prison, were issued months after one of Jamal Khashoggi's sons said he and his siblings had forgiven the men who killed him.
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Sep 07, 2020
The harvest of the much-extolled, but long-lost Judean dates was something of a scientific miracle. The fruit sprouted from seeds 2,000 years old.
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Sep 05, 2020
The searchers said there were no new indications that anyone was alive in the rubble of a historic house that was destroyed by the blast, despite possible signs of life reported earlier.
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Sep 05, 2020
With a tanking economy, and imported food costs soaring, leaders are urging the Lebanese to wage a campaign of self-sufficiency. "I never thought I'd do this in my life, but I have to survive."
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Sep 04, 2020
A search squad from Chile and its dog Flash discovered what appeared to be a heartbeat underneath debris from the Aug. 4 port blast.
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Sep 04, 2020
A search squad from Chile and its dog Flash discovered what appeared to be a heartbeat underneath debris from the Aug. 4 port blast.
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Sep 03, 2020
The package being pushed by the Trump White House — which could shift the military balance in the Middle East — includes an electronic warfare plane, the EA-18G Growler.
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Sep 03, 2020
A confidential report sent to the Security Council details extensive breaches of the international arms embargo on Libya by eight countries since the beginning of the year.
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Sep 02, 2020
The Saudis said the decision came in response to "a request by the U.A.E.," which had recently begun normalizing relations with Israel.
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Sep 02, 2020
He was not charged with any of the alleged assaults, but rather with two counts of lying when he was questioned by the F.B.I.
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Sep 02, 2020
The decision to allow all flights to and from the United Arab Emirates to cross Saudi airspace came after the first direct flight between Israel and the U.A.E. as relations warm between the two countries.
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Sep 01, 2020
Recent altercations in Europe, the Middle East and off the coast of Alaska have heightened tensions between the two rival powers.
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Sep 01, 2020
Recent altercations in Europe, the Middle East and off the coast of Alaska have heightened tensions between the two rival powers.
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Sep 01, 2020
The country's interior minister said Mahmut Ozden, described as a top Islamic State figure in Turkey, had been planning attacks and kidnappings.
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Sep 01, 2020
President Macron of France met with Lebanese leaders to demand changes to a political system seen as ineffective and corrupt, and has privately threatened them with sanctions, officials said.
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Sep 01, 2020
President Macron of France met with Lebanese leaders to demand changes to a political system seen as ineffective and corrupt, and has privately threatened them with sanctions, officials said.
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Sep 01, 2020
A trove of Phoenician artifacts was long ascribed to a single shipwreck. More likely they were tossed overboard, and over centuries, a new study suggests.
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Aug 31, 2020
The king's decision was based on Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman's call for an investigation into "suspicious financial transactions at the defense ministry," according to state news media.
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Aug 31, 2020
With the coronavirus spreading fast in Gaza, the sides agreed to stop bombarding each other, and Israel said it would resume fuel supplies. A cash infusion from Qatar helped seal the deal.
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Aug 31, 2020
The flight carried the hope of closer ties between Israel and the Arab world, and a diplomatic delegation that included President Trump's son-in-law, Jared Kushner.
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Aug 31, 2020
The country's president has designated a diplomat, Mustafa Adib, to form a government that must address an economic meltdown and the aftermath of the Beirut explosion.
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Aug 28, 2020
Egypt said that a raid in Cairo had netted the outlawed movement's acting leader, Mahmoud Ezzat, who was thought to have fled abroad.
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Aug 27, 2020
The commander testified that the man his partner killed, Iyad al-Hallaq, was not resisting and posed no danger, in a case that ignited protests against police brutality.
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Aug 27, 2020
From Iran to North Korea, President Trump has failed to achieve many of his stated foreign policy goals. He is asking for a second term to get them done.
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Aug 27, 2020
A sharp drop in the value of the lira is testing businesses and residents while they are coping with the pandemic.
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Aug 27, 2020
The young people leading the huge volunteer effort after the recent blast are bringing hope, but have lost it themselves. "I want to at least have Beirut on its feet before I go," one said.
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Aug 26, 2020
The reversal comes amid a United Nations Security Council split over whether to restore international sanctions against Iran's economy — and demolish a 2015 accord that limits its nuclear program.
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Aug 26, 2020
The altercation is the latest clash between Russian and American ground patrols in northeastern Syria after the United States withdrew from much of that area last fall.
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Aug 25, 2020
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo visited Sudan and Bahrain, and an American delegation will accompany Israelis on the first direct commercial flight between Tel Aviv and Abu Dhabi.
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Aug 25, 2020
The setback elicited an angry reaction from the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, who accused her counterparts of standing with terrorists.
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Aug 25, 2020
The territory's first cases of community transmission of the virus have raised fears it will spread quickly and worsen an already devastated economy.
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Aug 24, 2020
The discovery of hundreds of gold coins dating to the ninth century could help archaeologists better understand the history of the region.
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Aug 24, 2020
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo's five-day tour is intended to discuss regional peace and security. He also planned to use Jerusalem as a backdrop for an address to the Republican National Convention.
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Aug 22, 2020
Abdel Rahman al-Shantti became a Palestinian rap star when his video went viral. His trouble began when he advocated "love between us and Israel."
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Aug 21, 2020
The announcement of a cease-fire was a rare positive development in a chaotic conflict plagued by foreign meddling. But skeptics abound.
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Aug 21, 2020
The announcement was a rare positive development in a chaotic conflict plagued by foreign meddling. But skeptics abound.
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Aug 21, 2020
Inspired by a mother's question, the new method will be introduced across Israel this fall, just in time for flu season, and could be coming soon to the U.S.
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Aug 21, 2020
A Canadian-Iranian software engineer for Facebook, a tech celebrity in his native Iran, visited family in Tehran in January. His recent revelations of what happened next have stirred outrage.
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Aug 20, 2020
Allies and adversaries alike have refused to recognize the Trump administration's demand for sanctions, potentially weakening American authority worldwide.
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Aug 20, 2020
Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi's visit to the White House is largely focused on negotiations, which started in May, on resetting the United States military mission in Iraq.
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Aug 20, 2020
One of the accused has said that as many as 30 men took part in the attack at a hotel in the Red Sea resort city of Eilat.
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Aug 19, 2020
The Trump White House is quietly planning sales of F-35 stealth fighters and advanced drones to the Emiratis as part of a wider plan to realign the Middle East, but Israel and Congress may object.
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Aug 19, 2020
The Trump White House is quietly planning sales of F-35 stealth fighters and advanced drones to the Emiratis as part of a wider plan to realign the Middle East, but Israel and Congress may object.
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Aug 19, 2020
Without European support, it is not clear how the United States alone would enforce U.N. sanctions to punish Iran for violating the 2015 nuclear deal that world powers are trying to save.
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Aug 19, 2020
Mr. Fakhoury, an American citizen, had been detained on charges related to the torture of Lebanese prisoners decades ago.
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Aug 18, 2020
Mr. Fakhoury, an American citizen, was detained in Lebanon on charges related to the torture of Lebanese prisoners decades ago.
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Aug 18, 2020
After a long and involved investigation, a U.N.-backed tribunal emerged with a single conviction, of a minor Hezbollah figure, in the 2005 bombing that killed the former prime minister of Lebanon.
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Aug 18, 2020
A U.N.-backed tribunal acquitted three other men charged as accomplices in the 2005 bombing that killed Rafik Hariri, the former prime minister of Lebanon.
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Aug 18, 2020
Four men were tried in absentia in the Netherlands, accused of carrying out the 2005 bombing that killed Rafik Hariri, the former prime minister of Lebanon.
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Aug 17, 2020
The former monarch, Juan Carlos, said this month that he would be leaving his country amid a series of investigations related to his wealth.
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Aug 16, 2020
With Arab neighbors more worried about Iran than Israel, is Tehran losing the battle for influence in the region?
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Aug 15, 2020
Prime Minister Netanyahu's quest to open relations with Arab countries without settling the Palestinian conflict long seemed quixotic. External events changed the equation.
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Aug 14, 2020
The defeat underscored America's deepening global isolation on Iran. But for the Trump administration, the vote could open a separate path to try to inflict maximum damage on Iran.
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Aug 14, 2020
The high-seas handover blocked two diplomatic adversaries from evading American economic sanctions. Iran denied it was its fuel.
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Aug 14, 2020
With annexation of the West Bank off the table and Arab diplomacy turned inside out, the Palestinian struggle, once focused against Israel, now is to remain relevant.
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Aug 14, 2020
With annexation of the West Bank off the table and Arab diplomacy turned inside out, the Palestinian struggle, once focused against Israel, now is to remain relevant.
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Aug 14, 2020
In a Shiite stronghold, people agree that the political system is dysfunctional and needs replacing, but not if that means Hezbollah ceding its power.
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Aug 13, 2020
In an abrupt reversal, Israel's prime minister "suspended" a promise to annex part of the West Bank in exchange for a historic opening with the U.A.E.
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Aug 13, 2020
ISIS and other groups openly solicited virtual currency donations because they mistakenly believed that the transactions would be anonymous, officials said.
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Aug 13, 2020
Parliamentary approval of the measures for Beirut, which last until Aug. 21 but can be renewed, has raised concerns about civil liberties.
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Aug 12, 2020
Israel says the attack was thwarted, but a cybersecurity firm says it was successful. Some officials fear that classified data stolen by North Korea could be shared with Iran.
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Aug 12, 2020
The commander, Gen. Kenneth F. McKenzie Jr., said U.S. forces would continue to combat pockets of Islamic State fighters.
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Aug 12, 2020
Many children undergoing chemotherapy in Lebanon now have nowhere to turn for treatment after an explosion destroyed hospitals and wiped out medicine stockpiles.
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Aug 11, 2020
Tens of thousands of Palestinians slipped through holes in Israel's security barrier, with Israel's tacit approval, for a rare day on a Mediterranean beach.
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Aug 11, 2020
A week after a devastating explosion shook its capital, Lebanon is in political limbo. Here is what you need to know.
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Aug 11, 2020
A week after a devastating explosion shook its capital, Lebanon is in political limbo. Here is what you need to know.
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Aug 10, 2020
An American contractor spotted and reported the potential danger at least four years ago, but U.S. officials denied they were aware of the findings until last week, after the blast.
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Aug 10, 2020
The agency gave its interpretation of an inspector general's report on Secretary of State Mike Pompeo pushing arms sales to Saudi Arabia and the U.A.E., but declined to release the findings.
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Aug 10, 2020
A rabbi and scholar, he wrote more than 60 books, but his crowning achievement (he called it his hobby) was his 45-year, 45-volume translation of a key Jewish text.
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Aug 10, 2020
The cabinet stepped down as fury over a giant explosion last week in Beirut spurred new protests.
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Aug 10, 2020
The Cabinet stepped down as fury over a giant explosion last week in Beirut spurred new protests.
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Aug 09, 2020
The demands for a change in Lebanon's leadership are growing louder.
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