HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) -- A body found in McGovern Lake at Hermann Park on last week has been identified as a political activist and human rights advocate from Iran. Someone in the park spotted the ...

A court in Qatar has sentenced a poet to life in prison after accusing him of insulting the emir and trying to overthrow the government. Mohammad al-Ajami criticized regional rulers in his “Jasmine ...

In August 2010, Muhammad Rashid al-Ajami -- a Qatari citizen who uses the nom de plume ibn al-Dheeb in his poetry -- reportedly recited a poem critical of Qatar's 27 February 2013 Iranian MP Abbas ...

From Australian animation (“Mary and Max”) to a restored print of 1935 Yiddish cinema (“Bar Mitzvah”), the 19th New York Jewish Film Festival is a veritable international smorgasbord of movies. Among ...

Ali Bakhshi, 18, was killed in a fatal car crash on the Fooladshahr – Isfahan Highway on Thursday. He was a member of Iran’s Zob Ahan football club. Sanat Naft player Mohammad Ajami was also killed in ...