Nasser Judeh

The wife of Kenji Goto, the Japanese journalist being held hostage by the Islamic State terrorist group, has issued an audio statement pleading for his life. Her audio statement resembled the format in which the militant organization had released a message from Mr Goto just days earlier, setting a sunset deadline on Thursday for the life of captur...

US Secretary of State John Kerry said yesterday that his intense diplomacy in six visits to the Middle East was bearing fruit, narrowing gaps between Israel and the Palestinians.

The wife of Kenji Goto, the Japanese journalist being held hostage by the Islamic State terrorist group, has issued an audio statement pleading for his life. Her audio statement resembled the format in which the militant organization had released a message from Mr Goto just days earlier, setting a sunset deadline on Thursday for the life of captur...

US Secretary of State John Kerry said yesterday that his intense diplomacy in six visits to the Middle East was bearing fruit, narrowing gaps between Israel and the Palestinians.