The Iranian government is struggling to clamp down on widespread protests over a rise in fuel prices. Amid U.S. sanctions, the Iranian economy is in trouble.
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo announced the U.S. no longer considers Israeli West Bank settlements an obstacle to peace with the Palestinians. That announcement reverses decades of U.S. policy.
The latest NPR poll shows people are paying attention to the impeachment hearings, where four witnesses testify in public Tuesday. Iran clamps down on protests that flared after it hiked gas prices.
The change, announced by Secretary Mike Pompeo, follows the Trump administration's recognition of Jerusalem as the capital of Israel and that country's sovereignty over the disputed Golan Heights.
Rather than crush protests, the Lebanese military has actually become popular with anti-government protesters. But the White House is hesitating to continue aid to the military.
Many U.S. special operators have been ordered out of Kurdish-controlled areas of Syria, but other troops have arrived to guard oil installations. The Pentagon says the mission is still to fight ISIS.
"He was a ticking bomb," Israel's Benjamin Netanyahu said of Bahaa Abu el-Atta, the Palestinian Islamic Jihad leader killed Tuesday. Militants in Gaza have responded with rocket attacks of their own.
The massive lake has dried out because of water mismanagement. Photographer Maximilian Mann traveled to northwest Iran to document the disappearing body of water and the people who depend on it.
Israel says it assassinated a senior Palestinian leader of Islamic Jihad in the Gaza Strip. It's the first targeted killing by Israel in months, and the group vowed to retaliate.