As Iran brutally cracks down on anti-government demonstrations, Tehran stands to receive $275 billion in sanctions relief if it strikes  a nuclear agreement with the West.

Khalid Mehdiyev was arrested in Brooklyn with a loaded machine gun, over $1,000 in cash, and multiple license plates.

SmartAID works with groups in Afghanistan to offer mental health support to vulnerable women.

A Hamas officer picked up a tree branch and beat journalist Rawaa Abu Murshed, leaving wounds all over her body.

Palestinian Authority official Jibril Rajoub defended his glorification of female mass murderers as 'stars.'

2021 glass-ceiling index shows that Israel has done a better job advancing women to senior management positions than countries such as the UK, Japan, and Germany, among others.

A Hamas court says women require a guardian's approval to travel.

'Marry your daughters off when they are 12 or 13,' for 'delaying marriage increases depravity, homosexuality,' says Qatari Sociologist Abd Al-Aziz Al-Ansari.

Women's rights activists from Gaza are raising awareness about the horrific violence women face in the coastal enclave, including the very real danger of being murdered by their own family members.

Supporting Women Entrepreneurs through the Use of Information and Communication Technologies addresses the issue of gender equality and women's empowerment.

Israel's Embassy in Ghana has opened a week-long seminar aimed at empowering women socially and economically.

Israel is the best country for women in the Middle East, according to the World Economic Forum's Global Gender Gap survey.

Millions of people joined the anti-Trump Women's March, which included speakers who attacked US 'colonialism' and Israel and called for anarchy.

The hopes that the Arab Spring five years ago would lead to more opportunities for women have largely not panned out. However, there are women in all areas of life who have become leaders in their own way and are fighting for more freedom. Here are the stories of five women.

A Saudi sheikh claims that Western women are sad and would be so much happier living as Muslims.

Time and again, the UN chooses to single out Israel and charge it with bogus accusations, while failing to fulfill its mission to make the world a better place.

Unfortunately, learning about “why some women don’t choose to wear it” – or more pointedly, what happens to women in certain Muslim countries and societies who have no choice whether or not to wear it -- was not part of the program.

Here are nine awesome facts about women in Israel which prove the fact that Israel is the only true democracy in the Middle East, providing equality to all.