Middle East


Senior Hamas officials planning 'safe exit' from Gaza Strip, Saudi media outlet reports

 A Hamas terrorist in the Gaza Strip. February 4, 2025.

Executions in Iran soared in 2025 as regime used killings as 'tool of intimidation,' UN says

A woman is holding a sign with the portrait of a man condemned to death by hanging and the slogan No to Execution in Paris in France on January 18, 2026

UN Human Rights Council to hold emergency meeting on Iran to discuss 'alarming violence'

Naz Gharai, from Tehran, is covered in red paint as protesters call on the United Nations to take action against the treatment of women in Iran, following the death of Mahsa Amini while in the custody of the morality police, during a demonstration near UN headquarters in New York City on November 19