Ruth Sherlock
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With Israeli's elections deadlocked, the support of Arab-led parties may critical to forming the next government.
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The remaining votes to be counted are not expected to change the outcome, paving the way for weeks of negotiations to form a coalition government and for a prime minister to be chosen. -
Polls are open in Israel. Will voters re-elect Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu? NPR's Ruth Sherlock reports from a polling station.
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An unprecedented mass detention unfolds in the occupied West Bank as Israeli forces detain nearly 80 activists, including American rabbis and a congressional nominee helping Palestinians pick olives.
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The U.S. and Israel are preparing plans for a possible attack on Iran in early November, after the U.S. midterm elections, a person briefed on war planning told NPR. Iran said it is prepared. -
Moscow and Washington tout a diesel deal to ease sanctions and reopen fuel flows, but few details leave questions on price impacts and U.S. policy, sparking anger from Ukraine and allies.
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Political scientists explain why extreme weather events like this summer's European heatwaves can drive support to parties that traditionally deny human-made climate change.
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Israel's war against Hezbollah in South Lebanon has poisoned land and destroyed valuable ecosystems for generations to come. NPR takes soil samples of the land.
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A village destroyed. A home erased. One poet returns to remember what was lost.
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The U.S. and Iran will resume peace talks Tuesday, as Lebanon faces pressure to rein in Hezbollah as a precondition for an Israeli withdrawal.
