Things are heating up in Israel-Palestine. Protests against the occupation are increasing, as are lone-wolf stabbing and car attacks by Palestinians on Israeli citizens and soldiers. Fears of a Third Intifada are spreading on both sides of the separation barrier. Here are the top 8 reasons Palestinians are raging against the Israeli state.

On Monday, politicians from both of Libya's rival governments appeared to reject a UN-brokered power-sharing arrangement that had been announced only days earlier. The breakdown of the proposed unity government is only the latest disaster for Libya, which has been racked by four years of war between a dizzying array of political factions , Islamist militias , Salafi fanatics , secular nationalists and tribal groups. If you can't keep track of it all, don't worry: Here’s a simple explainer of what’s happened in the country since Gaddafi was ousted in ...

Between the Bodrum peninsula and the Greek island of Kos lies a narrow section of the Aegean Sea, only four kilometers in length. The distance doesn’t seem like much on paper, but for refugees and migrants fleeing countries shattered by years-long conflict, these are often the few kilometers between the things they’re leaving behind and the promises they’re running toward on European shores. By now you know the story—people smugglers in Turkey stuff flimsy plastic dinghies to the brim with men, women and children chasing the European dream. Sometimes they ...

Hold on to your hijabs because these Muslim fashionistas are taking the internet by storm! Modest fashion is making a comeback, with the infamous fashion brand H&M announcing its first hijab-clad model. Pioneers of modern hijab fashion are showcasing their unique style on social media outlets like Instagram… but not everyone approves of the rise of hijabi fashion . The hijab is a Muslim practice of covering of one’s head and chest and dressing modestly. While most people associate such style with drab, black abayas , hijab is taking a ...

Roma turn to FIFA over missing payments from Al-Ittihad for Marquinho deal

Donald Trump isn’t the only US presidential candidate who needs to brush up on what’s going on in the Middle East. Many of the other 2016 hopefuls have also made embarrassing gaffes about the region, from celebrity neurosurgeon Ben Carson asking if Palestine can’t simply be “slipped down” into Egypt to Jeb Bush claiming that toppling Saddam Hussein “ turned out to be a pretty good deal .” Here are the eleven clumsiest things US presidential contenders have said about the Middle East so far. (We’ll make another list closer ...

Drip! Splash! BANG! These words convey sounds every English-speaker can identify. But how to communicate those sounds in Arabic ? As if learning this language wasn’t enough of a challenge, turns out that describing how cats purr or balloons burst is a lexicon onto itself. It’s not just Arabic - sounds are said differently across languages. How will we ever achieve world peace when we can’t even agree on the sound of hiccups? British physicist James Chapman is pursuing his doctoral degree and, in his down time, he draws adorable ...