Iran’s hard-line president-elect says he wouldn’t meet Biden

Iran’s president-elect said Monday he would not meet with President Joe Biden nor negotiate over Tehran’s ballistic missile program and its support of regional militias, sticking to a hard-line position following his landslide victory in last week’s election.
21 June 2021, 12:40 PM

Israel allows some Gaza exports, Hamas demands more amid fragile truce

Israel allowed a limited resumption of commercial exports from the Gaza Strip on Monday in what it called a "conditional" measure, one month after a truce halted 11 days of fighting with the Palestinian enclave's Hamas rulers.
21 June 2021, 11:38 AM

Israel’s Bennett warns against nuclear talks with Iran

Israel condemned on Sunday the election of hardline judge Ebrahim Raisi as Iranian president, saying world powers should not negotiate a new nuclear deal with his regime.
20 June 2021, 10:28 AM

Praise and disdain for Iran's new hardline president

Following are some world reactions to the election of Ebrahim Raisi as president of Iran. Raisi, 60, is a hardline judge who is loyal to Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and subject to U.S. sanctions for alleged human rights abuses.
19 June 2021, 14:29 PM

Iran elections: Ultraconservative Raisi elected president as rivals concede

Congratulations poured in for ultraconservative Ebrahim Raisi on Saturday on winning Iran's presidential election as his rivals conceded even before official results were announced.
19 June 2021, 08:11 AM

Hardliner under US sanctions set to take over Iranian presidency

Iranians voted on Friday in a contest set to hand the presidency to a hardline judge subject to U.S. sanctions, though many are likely to ignore the ballot amid anger over economic hardship and calls for a boycott by critics of hardline rule.
18 June 2021, 14:40 PM

Iranians vote in election set to hand presidency to hardline judge

Iranians began voting on Friday in a presidential election likely to be won by a judge fiercely loyal to the religious establishment, although many people are expected to ignore the vote due to discontent with economic hardship and hardline rule.
18 June 2021, 05:14 AM

Israel strikes Gaza for second time since ceasefire

Israel launched airstrikes on the Gaza Strip overnight Thursday to Friday for a second time since a shaky ceasefire ended last month’s 11-day war.
18 June 2021, 05:12 AM

Explainer: Lebanon's financial meltdown and how it happened

Lebanon is grappling with a deep economic crisis after successive governments piled up debt following the 1975-1990 civil war with little to show for their spending binge.
17 June 2021, 11:47 AM

Socially distanced robots serve Makkah Zamzam water ahead of Hajj

Robots began handing out bottles of sacred water in Makkah this week in preparation for a socially distanced Hajj pilgrimage in Islam's holiest city, due to the coronavirus pandemic.
17 June 2021, 07:10 AM

Israel launches air raids on Gaza Strip

Israel mounted air strikes in the Gaza Strip on Wednesday, the first since the end of 11 days of cross-border fighting last month, in response to incendiary balloons launched from the Palestinian territory.
16 June 2021, 02:51 AM

Israel’s new government begins, Netanyahu era ends

The first Israeli government in 12 years not led by Benjamin Netanyahu got down to business on Monday, with the former prime minister shying away from a handover ceremony with successor Naftali Bennett.
14 June 2021, 11:28 AM

Who is Naftali Bennett, Israel’s new leader?

Naftali Bennett, who was sworn in Sunday as Israel’s new prime minister, embodies many of the contradictions that define the 73-year-old nation.
14 June 2021, 02:05 AM

New Israeli government wins majority vote, ending Netanyahu tenure

Benjamin Netanyahu's 12-year run as Israel's prime minister ended on Sunday with parliament approving a new "government of change" led by nationalist Naftali Bennett.
13 June 2021, 19:13 PM

Israel's Knesset to vote on new government, end Netanyahu's record reign

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's 12-year hold on power was set to end on Sunday when parliament votes on a new government, ushering in an administration that has pledged to heal a nation bitterly divided over the departure of the country's longest serving leader.
13 June 2021, 04:51 AM

Syrian hospital hit in artillery attacks on Afrin, at least seven killed

At least seven people were killed and several wounded in two separate artillery attacks on the northern Syrian town of Afrin on Saturday, civil defense sources said.
12 June 2021, 18:03 PM

Israeli guard shoots dead Palestinian woman; was wielding knife, police claim

An Israeli security guard shot and killed a knife-wielding Palestinian woman at a checkpoint in the occupied West Bank on Saturday, police said.
12 June 2021, 15:41 PM

Food aid ramps up in Yemen, but funding crisis persists

More food is making its way to Yemenis most in need after donors heeded United Nations warnings about impending famine, but aid groups said the world's largest humanitarian operation still does not have enough cash to see out 2021.
10 June 2021, 14:53 PM

Air raids in rebel-held Syria said to kill at least 10

At least 10 people were killed in Syrian army artillery attacks and Russian air raids this week in a spike in bombardments in the last major area of the country still in rebel hands, witnesses and civil defence officials said.
10 June 2021, 13:42 PM

Netanyahu alleges Israeli election fraud, accuses rival of duplicity

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Sunday a newly formed Israeli coalition that is poised to unseat him was the result of "the greatest election fraud" in the history of democracy.
6 June 2021, 19:26 PM