Middle East

BERLIN — German Vice Chancellor Robert Habeck on Saturday accused Israel of breaking international law by continuing its offensive against Rafah, the first senior German politician to take such a...

Israel intensified attacks on Rafah on Saturday in defiance of an International Court of Justice ruling ordering an end to the assault on the city in the south of the...

The helicopter crash that claimed the lives of Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian, and six others has introduced a new crisis for Iran amid regional turmoil and...

EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell has a message: It’s about time Israel started accepting some criticism. “Recognizing the Palestinian state is not a gift to Hamas, quite the contrary....

Jamie Dettmer is opinion editor at POLITICO Europe. The International Criminal Court (ICC) has long been dogged by questions over its credibility and relevance, and it has faced a torrent...

WEIMAR, Germany — French Foreign Minister Stephane Séjourné said recognizing a Palestinian state is not “taboo,” but that the timing was not right to do so. Speaking at a press...

Iran has suddenly been thrust into an election season nobody wanted after its president, Ebrahim Raisi, died in a helicopter crash last Sunday. The leadership vacuum is particularly important because...

Israeli officials seized a camera and broadcast equipment belonging to the Associated Press in southern Israel after accusing the news agency of violating a new media law, AP reported Tuesday....

Meet the frustrated negotiators seeking an end to war in Gaza: Five months after mediating a weeklong ceasefire between Israel and Hamas, Qatar’s top diplomat confessed his frustration that his...

DOHA, Qatar—Five months after mediating a weeklong ceasefire between Israel and Hamas, Qatar’s top diplomat confessed his frustration that the conflict in Gaza has raged on ever since. “It’s frustrating when...