Middle East


Iran plays with fire as economic anger grows, fuel hike may be spark that lights people - analysis

A picture taken on November 17, 2019 shows a scorched gas station that was set ablaze by protesters during a demonstration against a rise in gasoline prices in Eslamshahr, near the Iranian capital of Tehran.

Iranians brace for Saturday fuel price surge as Islamic Republic's economy braces for worst

Iranians fill their vehicles at a petrol station in Tehran, on November 15, 2019. (STR/afp/AFP via Getty Images)

'Shockingly high' number of Gaza children still acutely malnourished after truce, UN says

 PALESTINIANS GATHER to receive food in the northern Gaza Strip this week, as residents are said to be facing crisis levels of hunger.