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Lebanon passes long-disputed General Amnesty Law aimed at relieving prison overcrowding

The controversial law has inflamed Lebanon’s sectarian divisions, with Islamist protesters denouncing provisions that would exclude some prisoners from the amnesty.

Lebanon's Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri heads a parliamentary session at the headquarters in Beirut on March 9, 2026.
 Protesters gather outside Sde Teiman detention facility after some of them broke in, after Israeli military police arrived at the site as part of an investigation into the suspected abuse of a Palestinian detainee, near Beersheba, in southern Israel, July 29, 2024.

Chief prosecutor Amit Aisman cleared to oversee Sde Teiman leak investigation, High Court rules

Rivka and Jonathan Pollard and Adam Scott Bellos display an example of the wine to be created in memory of Esther Pollard.

Jonathan Pollard plants a vineyard for Esther - and reflects on the love that brought him home

Police at the scene of where a well-known lawyer was murdered in apparent targeted killing at Rishon Lezion office.

Israeli lawyer arrested after allegedly smuggling drugs to inmate during prison visit


Outrage in Iraq after female detainee allegedly gang-raped by police, prison officials

A probe was launched after officials discovered surveillance cameras had been turned off at an Iraqi police station where a detainee was allegedly assaulted.

Illustrative: An Iraq police man stands with Iraqi soldiers as they man a fixed checkpoint close to the scene of an explosion in central Baghdad on November 15, 2008.

Israeli OnlyFans model Adva Lavie denied bail in Los Angeles after removing ankle monitor

The hearing followed Lavie's third arrest in just a few months. On Tuesday evening, she was arrested by Beverly Hills police as she left the upscale Azul restaurant near Rodeo Drive.

Mia Ventura attends Teatro Live Powered By Lemon Soda Music at AVALON Hollywood on January 29, 2025 in Los Angeles, California.

Ben-Gvir barred from using crocodiles to guard terrorists, court announces

The court issued an injunction against Ben-Gvir's plan due to a petition by the animal rights organization Let the Animals Live.

A crocodile (Crocodylus Acutus) rests at the National Zoo of Managua November 13,2007.

Trump’s agenda now: Destroy Iranian regime's ability to govern – opinion

With the American president’s plan to target the Islamic Republic’s infrastructure rather than the IRGC or nuclear sites, his principal objective has become dismantling its leadership

A woman walks next to a banner with a picture of Iran’s Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei in Tehran, earlier this month.

Givati soldiers punished to 30 days in military prison after mass walkout at Sde Teiman base

The walkout reportedly was a response to the soldiers' commanders destroying memorials to the soldiers' fallen comrades throughout the base.

Destroyed 'insignias' from the Sde Teiman base, which reportedly triggered a mass walkout of the Givati soldiers stationed at the base.

IDF drafts new principles document outlining values as discipline declines, elections near - report

The document is also expected to address the IDF’s nonpartisan nature ahead of approaching elections by clearly setting out its policies, according to the report. 

IDF soldiers conduct a manhunt for a terrorist who shot Israeli hikers in the West Bank, July 24, 2026.

'I killed a person': TLV court sentences Solomon Madmon to life for murder of family member

Madmon was convicted of fatally shooting his daughter-in-law's father, Yosef Yosefia, six times in a Ramat Gan apartment building after a dispute over his son’s separation from Yosefia’s daughter.

Solomon Madmon.

Pro-Palestine activist spared jail after 17-hour barefoot Big Ben protest cost UK taxpayers £92,000

As part of his suspended sentence, Daniel Day was ordered to complete up to 20 rehabilitation days and will be subjected to four months of electronic monitoring. 

 Man climbs Big Ben with a Palestinian flag.

Andrew and Tristan Tate to seek release from US jail as they fight UK extradition for sex offenses

The Tate brothers, former kickboxers who have dual US and British citizenship, have denied any wrongdoing. They are held in a federal jail in Miami as a judge weighs Britain's extradition request.

Andrew Tate and Tristan Tate arrive before US President Donald Trump to attend UFC 327 at Kaseya Center, Miami, US, April 11, 2026.

Iranian man who murdered teenage daughter outside salon receives eight-year sentence

Over a year after stabbing his daughter outside a salon in Iran, the father of Fatemeh Soltani was sentenced to eight years in prison by the Tehran Criminal Court.

X post showing Fatemeh Soltani and her father, who stabbed her outside of her salon.