The man behind tens of thousands of deaths in Syria's Hama massacre has died. Rifaat Assad was the Assad family enforcer until he fell out with the President Hafez Assad over the grooming of Bashar.

Man douses cops with gasoline and sets officers ablaze after they arrived to prevent him from taking his own life; suspect flees but is caught after chase.

Israel blocks entry for Turkish religious leaders, media figures and officials accused of inciting boycotts, glorifying violence against civilians and spreading antisemitic content.

Second antisemitic attack in three days targets ultra-Orthodox community playground. NYC mayor and governor vow swift justice as NYPD escalates probe into vandalism spree.

Women are casting off the veil, young people are celebrating Halloween, mosques are empty of youth, and surveys show a clear majority supports separating religion from the state. Forty-seven years after the Islamic Revolution, Iran is facing a generation that is turning to its Persian heritage and looking westward.