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Dec 01, 2022
The U.S. Justice Department is taking steps to seize the Madame Gu, a 324-foot luxury yacht, but it will be diplomatically thorny.
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Nov 30, 2022
The group has been reduced from the world's most fearsome terrorist organization to a low-level insurgency operating in limited parts of countries torn by conflict.
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Nov 30, 2022
The Gulf neighbors were split for years in a bitter regional dispute. Now, the glare of attention provided by the soccer tournament is highlighting their complicated reunion.
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Nov 30, 2022
If you desire truly cushy treatment, it's not enough to be a V.I.P. What you want is to be a V.V.I.P., sipping free cognac and rubbing elbows with the emir.
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Nov 29, 2022
The Iranians played well under immense pressure while protests rock their country, and the Americans awaited news of Christian Pulisic, the star player who was injured scoring the game's only goal.
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Nov 29, 2022
The filmmaker, Nadav Lapid, criticized "The Kashmir Files," a Hindi-language film that depicts a violent chapter in the restive region of Indian-administered Jammu and Kashmir.
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Nov 29, 2022
The filmmaker, Nadav Lapid, criticized "The Kashmir Files," a Hindi-language film that depicts a violent chapter in the restive region of Indian-administered Jammu and Kashmir.
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Nov 28, 2022
The unrest that has gripped Iran for the past two months has heightened what would already have been a tense encounter at the World Cup in Qatar on Tuesday between the two geopolitical foes.
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Nov 28, 2022
A heaving mass of flesh and energy has brought life to the host nation's matches at the World Cup. They are Qatar's loudest fans, but they're not from Qatar.
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Nov 27, 2022
An Israeli blockade that restricts the movement of Gazans out of the strip and limits imports — or bans them completely — has been devastating for the enclave's fishing industry.
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Nov 26, 2022
A victory over Argentina inspired a kingdom's soccer fans. And when Qatar is just a short flight, you go.
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Nov 25, 2022
After Palestinian gunmen refused to hand over a dead Israeli teenager on Tuesday, officials on both sides of the conflict worked together to recover his abducted body.
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Nov 25, 2022
Many in the country say the barrage of criticism about its human rights record and the exploitation of migrant workers is laced with discrimination and hypocrisy.
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Nov 23, 2022
They were the first bomb attacks on Israeli civilians since 2016, and prompted calls by far-right leaders for the swift formation of a new government that would be tougher on terrorism.
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Nov 23, 2022
They were the first bomb attacks on Israeli civilians since 2016, and they prompted calls by far-right leaders for the swift formation of a new government that would be tougher on terrorism.
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Nov 23, 2022
Lebanese herders say that Israel crosses an ill-defined frontier to abduct and interrogate them. Israel accuses the herders of espionage on behalf of Hezbollah.
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Nov 23, 2022
Witness accounts and video analysis reveal how the state is co-opting ambulances to infiltrate demonstrations and detain protesters.
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Nov 23, 2022
The two explosions occurred at bus stops during the morning rush hour in what were believed to be the first bomb attacks on Israeli civilians since 2016.
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Nov 23, 2022
The two explosions occurred at bus stops during the morning rush hour in what were believed to be the first bomb attacks on Israeli civilians since 2016.
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Nov 22, 2022
Even the country's de facto leader had downplayed expectations. After a win over Lionel Messi's Argentina, one of the most shocking results in World Cup history, Wednesday will be a national holiday.
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Nov 21, 2022
Hengameh Ghaziani and Katayoun Riahi were detained after removing their head scarves and criticizing the government.
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Nov 21, 2022
The Israeli prime minister-designate, Benjamin Netanyahu, and his family won a libel suit against a former prime minister, Ehud Olmert, but got far less compensation than they had demanded.
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Nov 20, 2022
The government of Oman is a partner in a real estate deal signed last week by the former president, intensifying questions about a potential conflict as he seeks the White House again.
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Nov 20, 2022
Turkish officials said the airstrikes were a counterterrorism operation against militants it accused of carrying out a bomb attack in Istanbul.
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Nov 20, 2022
The armed groups, which have trained in the Kurdistan region for decades, face attacks from Iran and pressure from the Iraqi government to give up their weapons.
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Nov 19, 2022
Gianni Infantino defended the host country's decision to ban the sale of beer at stadiums and fired back at the "hypocrisy" of Western criticisms.
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Nov 19, 2022
As warming waters devastate coral around the world, the sea's stunningly colorful reefs have been remarkably resilient. But pollution, mass tourism and overfishing put them at risk.
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Nov 19, 2022
Gianni Infantino defended the host country's decision to ban the sale of beer at stadiums and fired back at the "hypocrisy" of Western criticisms.
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Nov 19, 2022
The decision to take the World Cup to Qatar has upturned a small nation, battered the reputation of global soccer's governing body and altered the fabric of the sport.
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Nov 18, 2022
The house where the Islamic revolution's founder grew up was set on fire during a fresh surge of anger over the government's killing of children, including three in the city of Izeh.
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Nov 18, 2022
The fast-moving blaze and the high number of deaths led to accusations that emergency units were too slow in responding.
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Nov 18, 2022
The about-face on alcohol, in violation of a multimillion-dollar FIFA sponsorship agreement, signaled soccer's governing body may no longer be in full control of its showcase event.
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Nov 18, 2022
The State Department said Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, the kingdom's de facto ruler, should have legal immunity as the head of the Saudi government.
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Nov 17, 2022
A family celebration turned deadly, and officials said that gasoline stored in an apartment fueled the fire and contributed to the high death toll.
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Nov 17, 2022
The luxury hotel set to host soccer's most senior leaders wasn't quite ready when they began arriving, the latest in a series of last-second tweaks to Qatar's well-laid plans.
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Nov 17, 2022
Alaa Abd El Fattah, who is being given nutrients intravenously, told his relatives he collapsed in prison but planned to resume his hunger strike again.
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Nov 17, 2022
Most who took part in antigovernment rallies try to stay below the radar in their own country, but some, particularly those injured in the crackdown, have been forced to flee.
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Nov 16, 2022
In an annual assessment, the head of M15 also cited Iranian attempts to kill or kidnap at least 10 critics of the Iran's government.
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Nov 16, 2022
Bezalel Smotrich is an ultranationalist who opposes Palestinian sovereignty and wants to govern Israel by Jewish law. He seeks the Defense Ministry in Benjamin Netanyahu's government.
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Nov 16, 2022
Hillary and Chelsea Clinton executive produced this documentary, which follows a young Afghan mayor as she navigates upheavals wrought by the Taliban's return to power.
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Nov 16, 2022
Hundreds of thousands of Nepalis were part of an army of migrant workers who remade Qatar for its World Cup moment. But in chasing desperately needed paychecks abroad, many pay a heavy price.
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Nov 15, 2022
Security forces fired on a crowd at a metro station on Tuesday, setting off a panicked rush of commuters, video showed.
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Nov 15, 2022
During the U.N. climate conference in Egypt, world leaders pressed the Egyptian president to release Alaa Abd El Fattah, who has been on a hunger strike for more than seven months.
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Nov 15, 2022
The attack began in a settlement industrial zone and continued along a highway, and took place on the day that Israel is to swear in a new Parliament.
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Nov 14, 2022
The Justice Department inquiry is a shift by the Biden administration, which had said that Shireen Abu Akleh was probably killed accidentally, by gunfire from the position of Israeli soldiers.
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Nov 14, 2022
The Justice Department inquiry is a shift by the Biden administration, which had said that Shireen Abu Akleh was probably killed accidentally, by gunfire from the position of Israeli soldiers.
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Nov 14, 2022
Hundreds of minors have been detained for joining the demonstrations, and many others have died in the crackdown, according to Iranian lawyers and rights activists.
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Nov 14, 2022
A week before the opening game, tournament organizers are scrambling to balance late changes ordered by powerful Qatari officials with the interests of a major FIFA sponsor, Budweiser.
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Nov 14, 2022
Turkish police arrested a female suspect and accused her of entering from Syria to carry out the bombing on Kurdish orders. The U.S. is allied with a Kurdish-led militia in Syria.
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Nov 14, 2022
At least two people were killed and nine more wounded as security forces launched cross-border strikes at opposition groups they accuse of fueling protests across Iran.
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Nov 13, 2022
The blast killed at least six people, injured 81 others and shattered a yearslong sense of calm in Turkey as its tourism industry tries to recover from the coronavirus pandemic.
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Nov 13, 2022
The extreme wing of the nationalist religious community has prevailed. At the same time, religious Zionists are increasingly part of the Israeli mainstream.
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Nov 12, 2022
Lawyers for the prisoner, an Iraqi with spine disease, say it has suddenly gotten worse and that the U.S. naval base cannot provide adequate care.
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Nov 12, 2022
In a country where protests are banned, hundreds rallied at the COP27 climate talks, demanding climate reparations and freedom for a political prisoner.
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Nov 12, 2022
The effects of global warming on the country's monuments are already striking. And the changing weather is only amplifying centuries of destructive human impact.
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Nov 12, 2022
Christopher Wray, the F.B.I.'s director, told Congress last December that the bureau purchased the phone hacking tool Pegasus for research purposes.
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Nov 10, 2022
The move fell short of creating formal diplomatic ties between the countries, but it was the latest sign of warming relations between Israel and some Arab governments.
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Nov 10, 2022
The hunger-striking dissident Alaa Abd El Fattah escalated his protest this week when he stopped drinking water as a U.N. climate conference opened in Egypt. His family fears that he is being force fed.
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Nov 09, 2022
Archaeologists in Israel unearthed a tiny ivory comb inscribed with the oldest known sentence written in an alphabet that evolved into one we use today.
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Nov 09, 2022
The small Middle Eastern nation is already one of the driest countries in the world and rising heat, coupled with a growing population, is making things much worse.
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Nov 09, 2022
Support for Israel's left collapsed against Benjamin Netanyahu and his far-right alliance in last week's election. To regain relevance, the left's leaders say they need to change — but disagree on how.
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Nov 08, 2022
No single image tells the story of a climate in crisis, but our photographers have come back from their global travels with an encyclopedia's worth of pictures that hint at the scope and devastation.
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Nov 08, 2022
Team Melli was long seen as a unifying force in a fractious nation. As it heads to the World Cup, it has become ensnared in its country's internal politics.
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Nov 08, 2022
A squad long seen as a unifying force in a fractious nation has become ensnared in its internal politics as it heads to the World Cup.
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Nov 07, 2022
Security officials said that gunmen opened fire on the aid worker's vehicle in a drive-by shooting in the central Baghdad neighborhood where he lived.
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Nov 07, 2022
Desperate for cash as the fallout from the Ukraine war batters its economy, Egypt has been conserving natural gas at home to sell to Europe.
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Nov 05, 2022
To win election, Benjamin Netanyahu and his far-right allies harnessed perceived threats to Israel's Jewish identity after ethnic unrest last year and the subsequent inclusion of Arab lawmakers in the government.
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Nov 05, 2022
The COP27 meeting next week allows a debt-wracked African country to champion climate needs of poorer nations. But it also puts Egypt under scrutiny.
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Nov 05, 2022
Officials in the Biden administration expect plenty of complications, including summons to hearings over the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan.
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Nov 04, 2022
Top diplomats from the Group of 7 nations discussed sending more air defense equipment to Ukraine and agreed to coordinate on rebuilding its infrastructure.
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Nov 04, 2022
To some Palestinians, the rise of the Israeli far right can scarcely make things worse. But many fear a surge of violence.
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Nov 04, 2022
State-backed demonstrations to mark the 1979 event, a touchstone of the Iranian Revolution, were widely broadcast on TV and come as anti-government protests have rocked the country.
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Nov 03, 2022
The two leaders have forged a relationship over four decades that vacillates between warmth and combat.
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Nov 03, 2022
Benjamin Netanyahu is on track to once again lead Israel as prime minister — while facing a corruption trial.
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Nov 03, 2022
After five elections in less than four years, Israel will have a stable government for the first time since 2019. But Benjamin Netanyahu's coalition could test the constitutional framework and social fabric.
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Nov 03, 2022
After five elections in less than four years, Israel will have a stable government for the first time since 2019. But Benjamin Netanyahu's coalition could test the constitutional framework and social fabric.
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Nov 03, 2022
As sports fans prepare to flood the tiny Gulf nation, cranes and loaders are still running hard — as is criticism of Qatar's human rights record and exploitation of workers.
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Nov 03, 2022
Organizers are providing travel and tickets to hundreds of fans of the participating teams. But only if they promise not to criticize Qatar, and to report people who do.
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Nov 02, 2022
At an informal meeting of the United Nations Security Council on Wednesday, the American ambassador called on the global community to give its "moral support" to protesters in Iran.
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Nov 02, 2022
Iran's security forces shot at windows and threw stun grenades in a raid at the Shahrak Ekbatan complex, where a member of the feared Basij militia was killed last week, residents said.
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Nov 02, 2022
Benjamin Netanyahu seems poised to take power again. But regardless of his fate, the election already highlights several trends that could have a lasting effect on Israel.
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Nov 02, 2022
If the right-wing bloc does cement an election victory, Benjamin Netanyahu, Israel's longest-serving prime minister, will return to office even as he stands trial on corruption charges.
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Nov 02, 2022
Allison Fluke-Ekren, a teacher from Kansas, dragged her family to Syria and forced her daughter, Leyla, to train for war on behalf of the Islamic State. Now her daughter wields final words against her.
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Nov 01, 2022
If the right-wing bloc does eke out a narrow victory, it will allow Mr. Netanyahu, Israel's longest-serving prime minister, to return to office even as he stands trial on corruption charges.
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Nov 01, 2022
The Israeli electorate remains divided over the former prime minister, even as his continuing trial on corruption charges has mostly dropped out of the headlines.
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Nov 01, 2022
A divided electorate and shifting alliances make for a delicate balance in the country's voting outcomes and lawmakers' ability to hold diverse blocs together.
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Oct 30, 2022
As Israel prepares to go to the polls again, some of the voters who helped propel an Arab party into the governing coalition for the first time are worried about a lack of results.
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Oct 29, 2022
Ousted from the prime minister's office 16 months ago, Benjamin Netanyahu, the leading candidate, is out to prove his political obituaries were premature.
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Oct 29, 2022
Ousted from the prime minister's office 16 months ago, Benjamin Netanyahu, the leading candidate, is out to prove his political obituaries were premature.
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Oct 29, 2022
Only a few years ago, a Halloween party meant arrest. Now, a government-sponsored "horror weekend" means sold-out costume shops and scary clowns. "Saudi is changing," said a young man going as a wizard.
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Oct 28, 2022
A Saudi decision to support a cut in oil output infuriated Washington. But at an investment conference in Riyadh, there was plenty of praise for the kingdom.
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Oct 27, 2022
For a second day in a row, tens of thousands of demonstrators protested across Iran against the country's authoritarian clerical rule. The government response on Thursday was again deadly.
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Oct 27, 2022
The speed of the former Treasury secretary's shift to raising money for his private investment fund after leaving office was cited by two lawmakers, who said they had "serious concerns."
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Oct 27, 2022
The installation of a new prime minister and cabinet ends a long-running political deadlock, but perpetuates a system plagued by corruption and dysfunction.
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Oct 27, 2022
The local currency had tumbled against the dollar, and food and energy prices soared in the wake of Russia's February invasion of Ukraine, adding to the struggles of millions of Egyptians.
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Oct 27, 2022
The U.S.-brokered deal has stirred fierce debate in Israel between some who view it as an achievement and others as a dangerous capitulation.
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Oct 26, 2022
To fight a growing insurgency, the Israeli Army has closed off several entrances to a major Palestinian city, harming its economy and stirring more protest.
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Oct 26, 2022
While demonstrations and clashes erupted across the country, state media reported a deadly attack on a mosque in the southern city of Shiraz, adding to the atmosphere of tension.
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Oct 26, 2022
He taught himself to play the oud, a lutelike stringed instrument, and made a splash on social media with his cover versions of pop songs.
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