World & Nation
Iran’s first vice president, Mohammad Mokhber, has been appointed president of the Islamic Republic after the death of President Ebrahim Raisi in a helicopter crash.
May 20, 2024
Movies
Iranian director Mohammad Rasoulof was scheduled to go to Cannes for the premiere of his movie ‘The Seed of the Sacred Fig’ when he received an 8-year prison sentence.
May 9, 2024
An American woman was fatally shot while participating in a protest in the West Bank. Witnesses said Israeli soldiers were responsible.
Sept. 6, 2024
Palestinian officials say Israeli strike on Muwasi, a crowded tent camp housing those displaced by the war, killed at least 19 people and wounded 60.
Sept. 10, 2024
Iran’s imprisoned Nobel Peace Prize laureate, Narges Mohammadi, has been sentenced to another year in prison over her activism
June 19, 2024
Thousands of people were wounded across Lebanon in what was thought to be a cyberattack causing pagers carried by Hezbollah members to explode.
Sept. 17, 2024
A mob of Israeli settlers killed one Palestinian and burned homes and cars. The deadly attack drew a rare condemnation from Israeli leaders.
Aug. 16, 2024
An Israeli strike in southern Lebanon has killed at least 10 Syrian nationals including a woman and her two children, Lebanon’s Health Ministry says.
Aug. 17, 2024
Books
Over lunch, the scholar, author (“Zealot”) and TV host (“Believer”) discusses “An American Martyr in Persia” and Iran’s ongoing fight for democracy.
Nov. 10, 2022
Israel’s army says two airstrikes in the West Bank have killed nine Palestinian militants as violence flares again in the Israeli-occupied territory.
Aug. 3, 2024