Iranian Parliament Chairman Ali Larijani arrived in Lebanon on Monday, the second stop on a three-country tour – Syria and Iraq are the other two destinations – amid growing concerns from the Sunni world and boasts from Tehran that have the Iranians controlling four Arab capitals. Larijani, meeting with Lebanese...

Emergency response teams provide medical, psychological and social support, as well as distribution of relief goods. IsraAID swung into immediate action upon news of the destruction Typhoon Hagupit (locally called Ruby) caused across the Philippines from December 6 to 9, leaving hundreds of thousands of families homeless. The Israeli-based humanitarian...

Nepalese migrant workers charged with building venues for the 2022 World Cup in Qatar died at a rate of one every two days this year, according to a report in The Guardian: Human rights organisations have accused Qatar of dragging its feet on the modest [workplace safety] reforms [it has promised], saying not...

The new Indian government of Prime Minister Narendra Modi is considering a “tectonic” adjustment in its foreign policy by no longer voting for the Palestinians in the United Nations, The Hindu, a leading Indian newspaper, reported Monday. In what could amount to a tectonic shift in the country’s foreign policy, the Modi...

Turkey in recent days has faced renewed criticism for bolstering non-state Islamist actors, including those who seek to supplant traditional American allies across the region and who are committed to the eradication of Israel. Reports over the weekend conveyed a shift in Qatari foreign policy, away from its traditional ally...

Amid recent Kurdish battle victories against the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) and promised American military aid, the Kurdish dream of an independent state may soon be getting at least tacit American support, according to a report Monday by Eli Lake of Bloomberg News. These battlefield victories underline an equally...