Courts and the law

Former senior commander of the Sudanese Janjaweed militia Ali Muhammad Ali Abd-Al-Rahman.

In a first, ICC convicts Sudanese militia leader of Darfur war crimes

Ali Muhammad Ali Abd-Al-Rahman was found guilty of 27 counts of war crimes and crimes against humanity committed in Darfur between 2003 and 2004.

People walk past a branch of Turkish bank HalkBank on Dec. 1, 2017 in Istanbul, Turkey.

Supreme Court clears path for Turkey’s Halkbank trial over Iran sanctions

The Turkish president personally raised the Halkbank case with US President Donald Trump at the White House, as Ankara pushes for a settlement to avoid a drawn-out legal battle.

A photo taken during a tour organized by the Lebanese Ministry of Public Works and Transport shows staff loading cargo onto a plane at Beirut's international airport on June 24, 2024.

Lebanon seizes $1.5M in cocaine at Beirut airport: What to know

The country has recently stepped up its fight against drug trafficking, seizing large amounts of cocaine at ports and airports and targeting Captagon production.

China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi (C) welcomes Russia's Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov (L) and Iran's Deputy Foreign Minister Kazeem Gharibabadi.

Analysis

How far will China, Russia go in shielding Iran from UN sanctions?

Iran is lobbying states to resist enforcement of UN sanctions — looking particularly to China and Russia to blunt the impact, even as questions remain about the limits of their willingness to act.

A correspondent in Tehran

By A correspondent in Tehran

In Tehran, reporting on politics

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Pentagon pushes to accelerate ISIS detainee repatriations from Syria

Women and children walk at the Al-Amal Camp (formerly Al-Jadaa), south of Mosul in northern Iraq, which houses Iraqi families who have been repatriated from Syria's Al-Hol camp, on May 8, 2025.

Meet David Zini, Israel's controversial next Shin Bet chief

Maj. Gen. David Zini, head of the Israeli military Training Command (left), greets an ultra-Orthodox soldier drafted into the Hasmonean Brigade, Jan. 5, 2025.

Syria holds first post‑Assad parliamentary vote: What to know

Interim Syrian President Ahmad Al-Sharaa appears in the Citadel of Aleppo in Syria, on May 27, 2025.

Turkish state takes over Haberturk TV, 120 other firms in fraud probe

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Anti-government protesters march at Israel's Ben Gurion Airport near Lod on July 3, 2023.

Israel’s Ben-Gurion airport floods with protesters, 15 detained

Anti-judicial overhaul demonstrators who managed to penetrate the main terminal of Ben Gurion International Airport clashed with police who were trying to push them out of the building.

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European Parliament committee calls to prosecute Israel for war crimes

The Foreign Affairs Committee of the European Parliament hopes to get the plenum to approve a resolution encouraging the International Court to charge Israel with war crimes.

Arnon Milchan leaves the Old Ship Hotel, after giving testimony in Benjamin Netanyahu's corruption trial which is being transmitted via videolink to the District Court of Jerusalem, on June 25, 2023 in Brighton, England. Arnon Milchan, a film producer who prosecutors allege gave the Israeli prime minister expensive gifts in return for personal favours, was reported to be testifying remotely due to health reasons. (Photo by Chris Eades/Getty Images)

Analysis

Cigars and champagne: What's next in Netanyahu's trial as Milchan testifies?

Testifying in Brighton instead of Jerusalem, billionaire Arnon Milchan claimed he did not realize the gifts he gave to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu were perhaps inappropriate.

Rina Bassist

By Rina Bassist

In Paris, reporting on Israeli politics and European affairs

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US unveils visa restriction policy tied to Saudi fugitive case

The new policy permits visa denials for foreign officials who help their citizens evade the US justice system.

Elizabeth Hagedorn

By Elizabeth Hagedorn

In Washington, DC, reporting on diplomacy, regional politics, human rights

International Atomic Energy Agency inspectors are seen at the Russian-controlled Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant in southern Ukraine, June 15, 2023.

Analysis

Israel acknowledges inability to thwart a US-Iran 'mini agreement'

On the backdrop of strained relations with the US, Israel realizes it has limited influence only over the Biden administration’s policy on Iran.

In Tel Aviv, reporting on national security, Israeli politics, defense

Israel-Iran cyber warfare has intensified in the last few years. Photo by NICOLAS ASFOURI/AFP via Getty Images

Analysis

Israel-Iran cyber warfare heats up, exploiting Israeli internal divide

National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir has used a false news campaign generated by a foreign state — probably Iran — to lambast anti-government protesters.

In Tel Aviv, reporting on national security, Israeli politics, defense

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Analysis

Israel's far-right ministers dig deeper hole in Washington by attacking Harris

After provocations on the part of National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir, Minister of National Missions Orit Strook and Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich, Foreign Minister Eli Cohen was the one to clash this week with the Biden administration.

In Tel Aviv, reporting on national security, Israeli politics, defense

Anti-Judicial overhaul demonstrators protest against the arrival of Israel's Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich, outside the OECD headquarters, June 7 2023

Israel’s Smotrich met with protests in France, vows to continue judicial reform

At the OECD ministerial meeting in Paris, Israel’s Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich dismissed warnings in the organization's economic report that the judicial overhaul will hurt Israel’s economy.

Men hang the national flag next to posters of President Bashar al-Assad, a candidate for the Presidential election, in the Syrian capital Damascus on May 17, 2021.

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US unveils Caesar sanctions on Syrian money service businesses

The sanctions targeting a pair of money service businesses are the administration’s second use of the bipartisan Caesar Act.

This photograph taken on Feb. 8, 2023, shows a large banner with a portrait of Belgian aid worker Olivier Vandecasteele.

Iran, Belgium complete prisoner swap mediated by Oman

Belgian national Olivier Vandecasteele was released from prison in Iran in an Oman-mediated exchange deal.

A large poster of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad is decorated with paper flowers during the opening of the 42nd International Flower Show in the Tishreen park in the capital Damascus on June 22, 2022. (Photo by LOUAI BESHARA / AFP) (Photo by LOUAI BESHARA/AFP via Getty Images)

Syria's Assad accuses France of 'hysteria' for calling to put him on trial

Damascus is furious after French Foreign Minister Catherine Colonna said she thinks Syrian President Bashar al-Assad should stand trial for his role in the Syrian war.

A car drives past a road signal indicating the Allenby (King Hussein) Bridge crossing point to Jordan (background), in the city of Jericho in the West Bank, on Jan. 28, 2021.

Israel hands over Jordanian MP to home authorities

Israel agreed to release Jordanian parliamentarian Imad al-Adwan and send him back home, as long as Jordan pledged to continue investigation against him on suspicion of multiple smuggling incidents.