Middle East


Iran executes two men over January mosque arson amid trial outcry

Demonstrators hold signs as they gather near the Francis Scott Key Bridge during rally in support of the Iranian people and to condemn the execution of political prisoners in Iran, in Washington, DC, on May 16, 2026.

Several figures emerge as next leaders of Hamas in Gaza, but who will end up leading? - analysis

(Illustrative) Palestinian members of al-Qassam Brigades, the armed wing of the Hamas movement.

Iran relentlessly targets Kurdish opposition in northern Iraq despite regional ceasefires

A member of Komala of the Toilers of Kurdistan stands while holding a machine gun at a mountain base in Khalifan near Erbil, Iraq's Kurdistan region, on March 12, 2026.