Middle East and North Africa

Shireen Abu Akleh was neither a terrorist nor a dissident. But Israeli authorities treated the journalist’s funeral as a threat to their security.

Settlement growth in the West Bank is a product of population pressure, not policy.

The plan would satisfy concerns across the political spectrum by tackling the thorniest issues in new ways.

Where it counts—in the halls of government and boardrooms—the effort to boycott Israel doesn’t even register.

After years of political deadlock, the country may be starting to shake off its ruling class.

Whether it’s Iran, China, Cuba, or immigration, U.S. President Joe Biden often finds himself stymied by his predecessor’s foreign policy.

Spain has traded five decades of neutrality on Western Sahara while getting nothing but a spyware scandal in return.

On Sunday, Lebanese go to the polls for the first time since their 2019 uprising.

An abandoned oil tanker with more than 1 million barrels of crude is rusting off the coast.

The diplomatic resets and outreach underway are just competition by another means.

Big-budget thrillers are now being filmed in the kingdom, but culture clashes could hinder the industry’s success.

Biden faces pressure to secure release of Americans wrongfully detained abroad.

Gulf Arab countries are copying Qatar in hedging against U.S. power. Iran is thrilled.

A food crisis looms as the price of wheat and other staples surges.

But the group is hoping for a resurgence while the West is distracted in Ukraine.

Iran is a cautionary tale that stubborn autocracies can’t be disciplined with sanctions.

The world’s sixth-largest oil producer still suffers from fuel shortages and power outages.

Russian mercenaries fill Mali vacuum as European powers pursue an exit.

Deporting Uyghur refugees is inhumane and illegal.