Read CNN’s Fast Facts about former Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

Read CNN’s Fast Facts about the life of Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani, Iraq’s most influential Shiite cleric.

From escalated protests and possible military disobedience, to attempts by the court to rule the new law as invalid, coming days and weeks will test Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu…

Israeli lawmakers on Monday passed a law stripping the Supreme Court of its power to block government decisions, the first part of a judicial overhaul that has sparked six months…

Israel’s parliament has passed the controversial “reasonableness” bill, the first major legislation in the government’s plan to weaken the judiciary.

Benjamin Netanyahu is Israel’s longest-serving prime minister in history.

Israeli lawmakers will vote Monday on the first major bill in the government’s plan to weaken the judiciary, despite six months of protests and American pressure against the most significant…

Israeli lawmakers passed the first part of the government’s sweeping plan to weaken the power of the country’s courts, defying months of widespread protests. Get the latest developments here.

At least 31 people have been killed in devastating flash floods that hit parts of Afghanistan over the weekend, authorities said Sunday.

After six months of street protests, parliamentary maneuvering, compromise talks and increasingly urgent pleas from Washington DC, Israeli lawmakers Sunday morning began debating the first judicial reform bill to come…