Middle East
Iran launches barrage of strikes toward Israel
Iran has launched a wave of strikes toward Israel in retaliation for last week's...
???? Live: Israeli army says it recovered body of another...
The Israeli military said on Saturday that its forces operating in the Gaza Strip...
77th Cannes Film Festival: ‘An enigma about a trans woman...
Few films linked to the Gaza war are screening in this year’s Cannes Film Festival. Despite...
Aid trucks roll across US military-built pier to Gaza for...
Trucks carrying badly needed aid for the Gaza Strip rolled across a newly built...
???? Live: Top Biden aide Sullivan to visit Saudi Arabia,...
US President Joe Biden's national security advisor Jake Sullivan will travel to...
Israeli military recovers bodies of three hostages in Gaza
The Israeli military on Friday said its troops in Gaza found the bodies of three...
Israel military says forces seized bodies of three hostages
The Israeli military on Friday said its troops in Gaza found the bodies of three...
????Live: Israeli military recovers bodies of three hostages...
The Israeli military on Friday said its troops in Gaza found the bodies of three...
April 12, 2024 - Israel-Hamas war
The US currently expects that Iran will carry out strikes against multiple targets...
Israel vows to ‘intensify’ Rafah military operation
Israel vowed Thursday to "intensify" its ground offensive in Rafah, in defiance...
Gaza floating pier project for aid deliveries is complete,...
The Pentagon said Thursday that humanitarian aid will soon begin flowing onto the...
???? Live: Israel to respond to charges of genocide at...
Israel will respond to charges of genocide at the International Court of Justice...
Arab League calls for deployment of UN peacekeepers in...
The Arab League called on Thursday for a UN peacekeeping force in the "occupied...
???? Live: Israel vows to ‘intensify’ Rafah military operation
Israel vowed Thursday to "intensify" its ground offensive in Rafah, in defiance...
Palestinians continue to flee Rafah as Israeli tanks advance
Civilians fled the southern Gaza city of Rafah ahead of a threatened Israeli ground...
Gaza fighting intensifies as Palestinians mark ‘Nakba Day’
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Wednesday insisted there was no "humanitarian...
????Live: Top UN court to hear South Africa's call to stop...
South Africa will ask the top UN court on Thursday to order an immediate halt to...
Palestinians mark 76 years of Nakba as Israel renews offensive
Palestinians across the Middle East on Wednesday are marking the anniversary of...
Israel pounds south and north of the Gaza strip
Gun battles between Israel and militants from Hamas, Islamic Jihad and smaller Palestinian...
Aid for Gaza civilians 'is not charity', rather a 'legal...
Egypt blames the closure on Israeli military operations around Rafah. Israel, which...
Fierce gun battles rage in Gaza as Israel pushes deeper...
Gun battles between Israel and militants from Hamas, Islamic Jihad and smaller Palestinian...
'Extremely inappropriate' to prevent Gazans from fleeing...
Israel and Egypt signed a peace treaty in 1979, but heightened tensions are fraying...
Palestinians mark 76 years of their dispossession as more...
Palestinians are marking 76 years of Nakba on Wednesday, commemorating their mass...
Gaza fighting worsens, as Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu...
Israel needs a clear and concrete plan for the future of Gaza where it faces the...
UN says women and children account for at least 56% of...
The United Nations on Tuesday said women and children account for at least 56 percent...
One-quarter of Gazans displaced again as fighting rages...
Israeli troops fought Hamas militants in multiple battles across the Gaza Strip...
???? Live: Palestinians continue to flee Rafah as Israeli...
Civilians fled the southern Gaza city of Rafah ahead of a threatened Israeli ground...
???? Live: UN says women and children account for at least...
The United Nations on Tuesday said women and children account for at least 56 percent...
Toned down Independence Day in Israel as troops press on...
Israel began toned down Independence Day celebrations at sundown on Monday, with...
'A different future is possible': Israelis, Palestinians...
As Israel commemorates Memorial Day in the midst of seven months of war, FRANCE...
'Hamas is going to survive', warns former US State Department...
Former US State Department Middle East Negotiator Aaron Miller, who served under...
Nearly half a million people forced to flee as Israel pushes...
Nearly half a million Palestinians have been displaced over the last few days amid...
Israel Independence Day celebrations toned down as war...
Israel began toned down Independence Day celebrations at sundown on Monday, with...
???? Live: Israeli tanks push deeper into eastern Rafah...
Israeli tanks pushed deeper into eastern Rafah on Tuesday morning, entering the...
First international UN staff member killed in Gaza strike
A UN security services member was killed in an attack on a vehicle in Gaza on Monday,...
Fierce fighting rocks north and south Gaza as hundreds...
Thousands fled northern Gaza on Monday as renewed shelling pounded areas where Israel...
April 11, 2024 - Israel-Hamas war
The top US general for the Middle East is in Israel as the region braces for a possible...
April 23, 2024 - Israel-Hamas war
After 200 days of war, Israeli attacks in Gaza have killed more than 34,000 Palestinians,...
???? Live: First international UN staff member killed in...
A UN security services member was killed in an attack on a vehicle in Gaza on Monday,...
Egypt to support South Africa’s genocide case against Israel...
Egypt on Sunday announced its intention to formally support South Africa's case...
Israel moves deeper into Rafah, fights Hamas regrouping...
The exodus of Palestinians from Gaza’s last refuge accelerated Sunday as Israeli...
???? Live: Israel offensive on Rafah would not eliminate...
An all-out Israeli offensive on the Gaza city of Rafah would provoke "anarchy" without...
April 10, 2024 - Israel-Hamas war
Hamas has indicated it is currently unable to identify and track down 40 Israeli...
April 22, 2024 - Israel-Hamas war
The head of the Israeli military's intelligence branch has resigned, becoming the...
????Live: Egypt to support South Africa’s genocide case...
Egypt on Sunday announced its intention to formally support South Africa's case...
April 9, 2024 - Israel-Hamas war
US President Joe Biden offered one of his sharpest rebukes of Israel's handling...
April 21, 2024 - News on the Middle East conflicts
Israeli settlers attacked Palestinians in the West Bank this weekend, according...
Israel strikes Gaza as more Rafah evacuations ordered
Israeli strikes on Saturday hit parts of Gaza including Rafah where Israel expanded...
Biden says Gaza ceasefire possible 'tomorrow' if Hamas...
US President Joe Biden said Saturday that a ceasefire in the Israel-Hamas war was...
???? Live: Israel steps up strikes in Gaza after issuing...
Israel launched strikes on Gaza Sunday after it expanded an evacuation order for...
UN assembly approves resolution granting Palestine new...
The UN General Assembly voted by a wide margin on Friday to grant new “rights and...
Israeli army calls for Rafah residents to evacuate ahead...
Israel called on Saturday for Palestinians in more areas of Gaza's southern city...
Field hospitals to be 'the future' of Gaza, French doctor...
Field hospitals are increasingly used to treat patients in Gaza after Israeli forces...
'Whatever happens, whatever it takes': Netanyahu to push...
The Israeli military on Saturday called on people living in the border city of Rafah...
Israel's use of US weapons in Gaza likely breached international...
The United States has issued a stunning criticism of Israel’s use of American weapons...
Some 300,000 Gazans have evacuated east Rafah, Israeli...
The Israeli army said on Saturday about 300,000 people have left eastern Rafah for...
????Live: Israel orders new evacuations in Rafah as it...
Israel ordered new evacuations in Gaza's southern city of Rafah on Saturday, forcing...
Rafah residents ordered to evacuate: 'Nowhere safe for...
Israel ordered new evacuations in Gaza's southern city of Rafah on Saturday, forcing...
Hamas says another hostage held in Gaza died after Israeli...
Palestinian militant group Hamas said on Saturday that another one of the hostages...
April 8, 2024 - Israel-Hamas war
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Monday that a time for an invasion...
April 20, 2024 - News on the Middle East conflicts
The Israeli military is carrying out what appears to be one of its largest operations...
Israel's use of US weapons in Gaza may violate international...
The United States has issued a stunning criticism of Israel’s use of American weapons...
???? Live: Israel orders new evacuations from southern...
Israel on Saturday called on residents from more areas of Rafah in the Gaza Strip...
UN General Assembly overwhelmingly backs Palestinian bid...
The UN General Assembly voted by a wide margin on Friday to grant new 'rights and...
UN chief warns of 'epic humanitarian disaster' as Israel...
UN chief Antonio Guterres warned Gaza risked an "epic humanitarian disaster" Friday...
Why the US suspended a shipment of 2,000-pound bombs to...
US officials confirmed Wednesday that Washington had suspended a shipment of 2,000-pound...
Netanyahu defiant after US threat to stop weapon deliveries
Israel launched fresh strikes in the Gaza Strip Friday after negotiators pursuing...
Israeli war cabinet approves expansion of Rafah operation...
Israel's security cabinet approved a "measured expansion" of Israeli forces' operation...
What would happen if the US were to withhold offensive...
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Thursday that a U.S. threat to withhold...
UN agency says closing east Jerusalem HQ after arson by...
The UN agency for Palestinian refugees said Thursday it was temporarily shuttering...
???? Live: UN General Assembly overwhelmingly backs Palestinian...
The UN General Assembly voted by a wide margin on Friday to grant new 'rights and...
Heavy fighting in Gaza's Rafah keeps aid crossings closed,...
Heavy fighting between Israeli troops and Palestinian militants on the outskirts...
Netanyahu says Israel will fight with 'fingernails' in...
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Thursday that a U.S. threat to withhold some...
Israel strikes Gaza's Rafah despite US warning on arms...
Israeli warplanes struck Gaza's crowded southern city of Rafah Thursday after US...
Israeli official says Cairo talks over, Rafah operation...
Israel has expressed its reservations about a Hamas proposal for a hostage-release...
???? Live: Hamas says 'ball is completely' in Israel's...
Palestinian militant group Hamas said early Friday that its delegation attending...
April 19, 2024 - Iran targeted in aerial attack
Israel carried out a military strike on Iran early Friday, a US official told CNN,...
April 7, 2024 - Israel-Hamas war
Israel says it has withdrawn its forces from Khan Younis in southern Gaza, but that...
Israel continues to shell Rafah despite US warning on arms...
Smoke rose from strikes on Gaza's crowded southern city of Rafah Thursday after...
Israel says Biden's threat on stopping arms is 'disappointing'
Israel's ambassador to the United Nations expressed disappointment Thursday at US...
United States say major Rafah operation by Israel will...
Israel undertaking a major Rafah operation will not advance the objective of both...
???? Live: Israeli official says Cairo talks over, Rafah...
Israel has expressed its reservations about a Hamas proposal for a hostage-release...
Palestinians flee chaos and panic in Rafah after Israel's...
Families uprooted multiple times by the war are unsure where to go: to the half-destroyed...
Biden says US won't supply weapons for Israel to attack...
President Joe Biden said Wednesday that he would not supply offensive weapons that...
Gaza: The UN says humanitarian aid is not coming through...
A U.N. spokesman confirmed that nothing has entered Gaza from the Kerem Shalom crossing,...
On board a humanitarian flight: Injured Gazan children...
Children are the first victims of the war in Gaza, with over 14,000 youngsters killed,...
US halts bomb shipment to Israel amid concern over Rafah...
In halting a shipment of thousands of bombs, President Joe Biden has sent his most...
Southern Gaza hospitals have only three days of fuel left,...
Hospitals in the southern Gaza Strip have only three days of fuel left due to the...
????Live: Biden warns US will halt supplies of artillery,...
US President Joe Biden warned Wednesday he would stop supplying Israel with artillery...
April 6, 2024 Israel-Gaza news
World Central Kitchen and some Western leaders are calling for an independent investigation...
April 18, 2024 - Iran targeted in aerial attack
Israel has carried out a strike inside Iran, according to a US official.
Netanyahu weighs risks of Rafah assault as hostage dilemma...
Talks aimed at reaching a Gaza ceasefire-for-hostages deal are ongoing, and Israel...
Gaza: Doctors see "acute malnutrition for the first time...
The Israeli military said Wednesday that it has reopened its Kerem Shalom crossing...
British doctor in Gaza's testimony about the ongoing humanitarian...
Israel has threatened a major assault on Rafah to defeat thousands of Hamas fighters...
???? Live: South Gaza hospitals have only three days of...
Hospitals in the southern Gaza Strip have only three days of fuel left due to the...
Netanyahu under pressure from all sides: interview of Israeli...
A senior U.S. official said President Joe Biden's administration paused a shipment...
United States halts bomb shipment to Israel over Rafah...
The United States paused a shipment of bombs to Israel last week over fears it would...
Israel and Hamas ‘agree to return to the negotiating table’
Israeli and Hamas negotiating teams arrived in Cairo Tuesday, with Egyptian state-linked...
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No, this video does not show Gazans evacuating Rafah by...
Following Israel's evacuation orders for 100,000 residents and displaced people...
???? Live: US pauses bomb shipment to Israel over Rafah...
The United States halted a shipment of bombs to Israel last week after it failed...
April 5, 2024 Israel-Gaza updates
Israel dismisses two military officers as a military report says "mistaken identification"...
April 17, 2024 - Israel-Hamas war
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Israel will make its "own decisions"...
'The most significant part of Rafah from an Israeli point...
"The most significant part of Rafah from an Israeli military point of view and from...
Strikes on Gaza intensify as ceasefire talks continue between...
Hamas said it had informed Egypt and Qatar of its "approval of their proposal regarding...
Hostage families protest accros Israel
Thousands of Israelis rallied around the country Monday night calling for an immediate...
???? Live: Capture of Rafah crossing ‘important step’ to...
Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu on Tuesday said the military’s capture...
Israel army enters Rafah and takes control of border
Israel ramping up pressure on Hamas ahead of crucial talks in Egypt today. Israeli...
Gaza: Are Israel's strikes on Rafah incompatible with the...
Hamas said in a statement on Tuesday that Israel's incursion in Gaza's Rafah crossing...
Israeli tanks enter Rafah: an "important step" according...
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says the military’s capture of the Gaza...
Rafah: 'Indiscriminate bombardment, ground operation could...
As Israeli forces move ahead with their operation in Rafah, threatening aid and...
Tanks in Rafah: Will Israeli operation scuttle or unblock...
They say it’s darkest before the dawn. Let's hope it's true because Gaza’s definitely...
UN: Gaza is "choked off" from aid
The United Nations said Tuesday the Israeli authorities have denied the UN access...
Rafah residents facing 'fear and desperation beyond belief',...
Jan Egeland, secretary general of the Norwegian Refugee Council and a former top...
Iraq criminalises same-sex relationships with harsh prison...
Iraq’s parliament passed a bill on Saturday criminalising same-sex relations, which...
Hamas offered 40-day ceasefire in exchange for release...
Hamas has been offered a 40-day ceasefire and the release of "potentially thousands"...
TikTok star murdered in Iraq, becoming third slain social...
IN THE PRESS – Monday, April 29: The Israeli media react to the news that the ICC...
Hamas delegation due in Cairo on Monday for Gaza ceasefire...
A senior Hamas official told AFP on Sunday that the group would deliver its response...
Blinken arrives in Israel as Netanyahu vows to pursue Rafah...
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken arrived in Israel on Tuesday to push for a...
Hamas delegation returns to Cairo for truce talks
Hamas said its delegation was heading to Cairo on Saturday to resume Gaza truce...
UNESCO awards its World Press Freedom Prize to all Palestinian...
UNESCO on Thursday awarded its world press freedom prize to all Palestinian journalists...
Gaza truce talks resume in Egypt without Israeli representation
Talks resumed in Egypt Saturday aimed at halting months of war in Gaza between Hamas...
How about now? Gaza truce talks intensify after months...
For the first time since November, could there finally be a respite in Gaza? As...
'Hamas will not agree to a deal' unless ceasefire on table,...
A Hamas delegation heads to Cairo on Saturday as pressure mounts to reach a truce...
Turkey’s Israel trade freeze aimed at forcing Gaza truce,...
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Friday said Turkey's move to halt trade with Israel...
Israel downplays reports of progress in truce talks as...
A Hamas delegation arrived in Egypt on Saturday to resume Gaza truce talks as Egyptian...
Gaza ceasefire must be permanent, Hamas official says
Hamas will respond to an Israeli truce proposal for Gaza "within a very short period",...
World Press Freedom Day: Gazan journalists in the line...
More than six months after the start of Israel's devastating offensive in response...
Rap music in Iran: 'Crossing the red line into politics...
Dozens of rappers have been arrested in Iran since the rise of hip-hop in the country...
Turkey halts all trade with Israel over ‘humanitarian tragedy’...
Turkey stopped all exports and imports to and from Israel as of Thursday, the Turkish...
Saudi court ‘secretly’ hands 11-year sentence to women's...
A Saudi court has recently sentenced women's rights activist Manahel al-Otaibi to...
Israeli forces reportedly use AI to identify targets in...
In Gaza, Israeli forces have reportedly been using AI to identify tens of thousands...
Netanyahu defends Gaza offensive at Holocaust ceremony...
Israeli Prime Minister Binjamin Netanyahu on Sunday rejected international pressure...
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Israel closes Gaza's key Kerem Shalom border crossing after...
Israel’s army announced on Sunday that it had closed Kerem Shalom, a key border...
Israel shuts down Al Jazeera offices: A 'message' being...
Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu said on Sunday that his government has...
Hamas official says group will not accept truce that does...
A senior Hamas official on Saturday said the group would not accept a truce that...
Palestinians face famine amid persistent food shortages...
Palestinians wait in long queues for food in Gaza as shortages persist despite slight...
Israel's Rafah offensive: 'Gaza will become uninhabitable',...
Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu has repeatedly vowed to launch a ground...
Israel awaits Hamas's response to truce deal before sending...
Talks to reach a Gaza truce were expected to resume Sunday after officials from...
Hamas accepts Gaza ceasefire plan, Israel approves Rafah...
Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh on Monday informed mediators Qatar and Egypt that the...
Hamas, Israel maintain Gaza truce positions as latest talks...
A Hamas official said Sunday the group's delegation for Gaza truce talks in Cairo...
'Israel believes that Hamas has again torpedoed a ceasefire...
Israel believes that Hamas has again torpedoed a ceasefire deal while Hamas is blaming...
Israeli army tells Palestinians to evacuate parts of Rafah...
Israel has ordered civilians in Rafah to move towards Khan Younis, in the clearest...
????Live: Israeli brigade takes ‘operational control’ of...
An Israeli tank brigade on Tuesday seized control of the Gaza side of the Rafah...
Devastation in Gaza as Israel wages war on Hamas
US President Joe Biden told Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in a call...
April 16, 2024 - Israel-Hamas war
The United States plans to impose new sanctions targeting Iran after its unprecedented...
Syrian Civil War Fast Facts
Read CNN's Fast Facts on Syria's Civil War to learn about the on-going conflict,...
Iran faces dilemma as children join protests in 'unprecedented'...
Iran analysts say that current anti-regime protests sweeping through the country...
Iranian police looking into incident involving woman surrounded...
Video from Tehran has shown a large group of male security forces surrounding and...
East Jerusalem rocked by sixth night of clashes as Israeli...
Clashes erupted in the flashpoint East Jerusalem neighborhood of Sheikh Jarrah and...
At least 23 children killed in Iran protests in September,...
Nearly two dozen children were killed last month during protests in Iran, according...
Qatari Emir met with Putin to 'defuse tensions', source...
Qatar's Emir Tamim al-Thani met with Russian President Vladimir Putin on the sidelines...
Iraq names new president and prime minister, ending a year...
Iraq's parliament elected Kurdish politician Abdul Latif Rashid as the country's...
Gun violence on the rise in Turkey: Strict legislation...
In Turkey, incidents of gun violence have increased by almost 75 percent since 2015,...
Iranian climber Rekabi gets hero’s welcome in Tehran after...
An Iranian climber who caused a sensation by competing at an event abroad without...
More than a thousand protesters have been arrested in Iran....
As the protest cries of exasperated Iranians continue to ring through the streets...
France's Lafarge pleads guilty to US charge of supporting...
French cement maker Lafarge pleaded guilty on Tuesday to a US charge that it made...
Leading Palestinian factions sign reconciliation deal,...
More than 15 years after a violent break between leading Palestinian factions Hamas...
Beirut Marine Barracks Bombing Fast Facts
Read CNN Fast Facts about the 1983 bombing at a Marine compound in Beirut, Lebanon,...
How Iran's protests transformed into a national uprising
Nearly a month after the start of nationwide protests, parts of Iran now bear the...
EU sanctions Iranian security forces over Mahsa Amini death,...
The EU on Monday sanctioned Iran's "morality" police for the fatal beating in custody...
Iran prison fire death toll rises as protests over death...
Eight Iranian inmates were killed in a fire that raged through Tehran's notorious...
Death toll rises from Tehran prison fire as protests in...
Eight Iranian inmates were killed in a fire that raged through Tehran's notorious...
'Government officials are describing these prisoners as...
State media is citing security officials that this fire started when a number of...
Iranian official admits that student protesters are being...
As women burn headscarves and cut off their hair in nationwide protests, an Iranian...
Fire erupts at Evin prison in Tehran amid fresh nationwide...
A huge fire blazed Saturday at a notorious prison where political prisoners and...
Blaze, shots heard from prison in Tehran amid fresh nationwide...
A huge fire blazed Saturday at a notorious prison where political prisoners and...
Iranian activists defy crackdown with fresh nationwide...
Angry demonstrators took to streets across Iran again Saturday despite internet...
Iran activists call for further mass protests as Biden...
Iranian activists called for fresh nationwide protests on Saturday over the death...
Lebanese turn to solar energy amid collapse of national...
Almost three years into Lebanon’s trifecta of economic, social and political crises,...
Mother of teen protester found dead in Tehran denies daughter...
The mother of Nika Shahkarami, a 16-year-old protester who was found dead in Tehran...
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad Fast Facts
Read CNN's Fast Facts about Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to learn about the life of the former...
Mahmoud Abbas Fast Facts
Read CNN's Mahmoud Abbas Fast Facts and learn more about the Palestinian president.
Palestinian rivals Hamas and Fatah sign reconciliation...
Palestinian factions signed a reconciliation deal in Algiers on Thursday, vowing...
A failed truce renewal in Yemen could further complicate...
After a rare six months of relative calm, Yemen's warring sides last week failed...
Iraq gets new president and prime minister after year of...
Despite a rocket attack on Baghdad's Green Zone, Iraqi lawmakers Thursday elected...
'It was a warzone.' Iranian security forces beat, shot...
When Farid's friend called crying for help on Sunday, he jumped on his bike and...
Iran Fast Facts
Read CNN's Fast Facts and learn more about the Islamic Republic of Iran in Central...
Braving rocket attack, Iraqi MPs elect Latif Rashid as...
Despite a rocket attack on Baghdad's Green Zone, Iraqi lawmakers Thursday elected...
Rockets hit Baghdad’s Green Zone as Iraqi MPs meet to elect...
At least three rockets hit Baghdad’s Green Zone on Thursday as a parliamentary session...
Iraqi MPs to meet in new bid to elect president, end deadlock
Lawmakers in crisis-hit Iraq are set to meet Thursday for their fourth attempt this...
One month after Mahsa Amini’s arrest, Iran protest deaths...
On September 13, Mahsa Amini was arrested by Iran’s morality police in Tehran for...
This wearable device is helping workers beat extreme heat
In Dubai, workers are trialing a wearable sensor that can predict the wearer's core...
A new generation of resistance: How Iranian youths are...
The Iranian protest movement is now approaching its one-month mark. Led by women,...
Lebanon's parliament begins a (very) long political battle...
As Lebanon sinks further into acute economic crisis, President Michel Aoun's term...
More than 100 dead in Iran crackdown on Mahsa Amini protests,...
At least 108 people have been killed in Iran's crackdown on more than three weeks...
‘Drowning in bad publicity’: Has Qatar’s World Cup soft...
Qatar has received an avalanche of bad publicity ahead of hosting the World Cup...
France tells citizens to leave Iran 'as soon as possible'
France has urged all French nationals to leave Iran "as soon as possible," warning...
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Paris urges Tehran to release five French nationals
France's foreign minister said on Tuesday that five of its nationals were being...
What you need to know about Iran's raging protests
Rallies that started with calls for justice for Amini's death have morphed into...
Israel has reached ‘historic’ maritime border deal with...
Lebanon and Israel have reached a historic agreement demarcating a disputed maritime...
France says Iran now holding five French nationals
France's foreign minister said on Tuesday five of its nationals were being held...
Israel, Lebanon close to ‘historic’ border deal in gas-rich...
Israel said Tuesday it was close to a "historic" deal with Lebanon to resolve a...
Protesters defiant in Iran amid crackdown
Iranian protesters remained defiant Monday with students staging sit-ins and some...
Students and workers continue protests in Iran amid crackdown
Iranian protesters remained defiant Monday with students staging sit-ins and some...
Students and workers continue protests in Iran despite...
Iranian protesters remained defiant Monday with students staging sit-ins and some...
One man killed, two journalists injured during Israeli...
A Palestinian man was killed and two journalists shot and injured by Israeli forces...
Iranian authorities arrest eight after teenage protester's...
Iranian security forces have arrested eight people over the death of a 16-year-old...
The battle of narratives on Iran is being fought on social...
A fierce battle to control the narrative is now being fought online, where supporters...
A barrier of fear has been broken in Iran. The regime may...
Iran's latest protests transcend Iran's many social and ethnic divisions, breaking...
Former Lebanese ambassador holds sit-in at Beirut bank...
A former Lebanese ambassador held a sit-in at his bank outside of the capital city...
‘We will fight’: Iran protests following death of Mahsa...
Schoolgirls chanted slogans, workers went on strike and protesters clashed violently...
Iran says Mahsa Amini died as a result of illness, not...
Iran said Friday an investigation into the death in custody of Mahsa Amini found...
‘Join us and stand up!’: Iran protests over death of Mahsa...
Anti-government demonstrations erupted Saturday in several locations across Iran...
Iranian security forces arrest a woman for eating at restaurant...
Iranian security forces arrested a woman after a photo of her and another woman...
Thousands attend funeral for 7-year-old who died, Palestinians...
Thousands of Palestinians turned out Friday to mourn a seven-year-old Palestinian...
Iran says Mahsa Amini died of illness, not 'blows' after...
Iran said Friday an investigation into the death in custody of Mahsa Amini found...
Iran says Mahsa Amini died of illness not 'blows' after...
Iran said Friday an investigation into the death in custody of Mahsa Amini found...
Has Iran ruined its nuclear deal chances with violent crackdown?
Iranian authorities’ brutal repression of protests over the death of Mahsa Amini...
Iran's youth rise up: Can women's rights movement lead...
Call it Act Two of Iran's protest movement. Teenagers and in particular teenage...
US kills senior Islamic State group leaders in two separate...
US forces killed three senior Islamic State leaders in two separate military operations...
US kills senior Islamic State leaders in two separate operations...
US forces killed three senior Islamic State leaders in two separate military operations...
At least 4 Palestinians killed, dozens wounded in one of...
At least four Palestinian men were killed and 44 wounded during an Israeli military...
Iran protests are 'beginning of the end' for regime, exiled...
FRANCE 24 spoke to Masih Alinejad, an Iranian journalist and women's rights activist...
Iran airs 'staged' confession video of French couple accused...
Iranian state television aired a video on Thursday in which two French citizens...
Iran airs video of French couple accused of spying
Iranian state television aired a video on Thursday in which two French citizens...
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No, this video doesn't show a father dancing at his daughter's...
Iran is facing unprecedented protests after 22-year-old Mahsa Amini was arrested...
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Fleeing Lebanon to escape poverty: At least 100 die in...
Three years into Lebanon's devastating financial collapse, some 80 percent of the...
EU weighing Iran sanctions over death of Mahsa Amini
The European Union said Tuesday it was weighing tough new sanctions on Iran over...
Fifth Iranian paramilitary member killed as president warns...
A fifth member of an Iranian volunteer paramilitary group died Sunday after clashing...
EU weighing Iran sanctions over Mahsa Amini 'killing'
The European Union said Tuesday it was weighing tough new sanctions on Iran over...
Young Iranians are rising up against decades of repression...
Iranian authorities say they will restrict internet access in the country until...
Fears of a third Intifada as Palestinian deaths reach 7-year...
More than 97 Palestinians killed by Israeli forces so far this year in the West...
UN chief urges Yemen rivals to avoid new violence and renew...
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres urged Yemen’s warring parties on Monday to...
Gaza’s solar revolution: Renewable energy provides solution...
With authorities only able to supply about 12 hours a day of electricity, blackouts...
Iran's Khamenei blames US, Israel for Mahsa Amini protests
Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Monday accused arch-foes the United...
Classes suspended after clashes at major Iran university
Classes were suspended and moved online Monday at Iran's leading technology university...
Yemen's warring sides fail to extend UN-backed ceasefire
Yemen's warring sides have failed to reach an agreement to extend a nationwide cease-fire,...
French feminists mobilise in solidarity with Iranian protesters
A fortnight following Mahsa Amini’s death in Iran, several French feminist groups...
Afghan women protest Hazara 'genocide' after Kabul bombing...
Dozens of women from Afghanistan's minority Hazara community protested in the capital...
Iran's President abandons CNN interview after Amanpour...
Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi withdrew from a long-planned interview with CNN's...
Mahsa Amini's father says Iran authorities lied about her...
The father of an Iranian woman who died in police custody last week has accused...
Iran arrests foreign nationals linked to Mahsa Amini protests
Iran said Friday that nine foreigners were arrested during deadly street protests...
Iranian women burn their hijabs as hundreds protest death...
In the video, a massive crowd cheers as a woman lifts a pair of scissors to her...
Iran protests over Mahsa Amini’s death continue as rights...
Protests continued in several cities across Iran on Thursday against the death of...
Iran protests over Mahsa Amini's death continue, rights...
Protests continued in several cities across Iran on Thursday against the death of...
Iran’s president calls Mahsa Amini’s death ‘tragic’ but...
Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi on Wednesday said that the death of a young woman...
Iran's president calls Mahsa Amini's death 'tragic' but...
Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi on Wednesday said that the death of a young woman...
Iran's president calls Amini's death 'tragic', but says...
Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi on Wednesday said that the death of a young woman...
Death toll climbs in Iranian drone attack on Iraq’s Kurdish...
An Iranian drone bombing campaign targeting the bases of an Iranian-Kurdish opposition...
Death tolls climbs in Iranian drone attack on Iraq’s Kurdish...
An Iranian drone bombing campaign targeting the bases of an Iranian-Kurdish opposition...
‘Who’s going to defend us?’: Iran protest movement wins...
The Iranian protesters who have demonstrated across the country for 12 consecutive...
Iran conducts deadly strikes in Iraq’s Kurdish region as...
Iranian strikes on Wednesday targeting the bases of a Kurdish opposition group in...
Iran's morality police have terrorized women for decades....
The death of Mahsa Amini has galvanized thousands of Iranian women who have for...
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