Topic: Middle East

Years of wartime has military divorces edging higher as couples cope with separation, stressThe divorce rate in the armed forces continues to edge higher, despite efforts by the military to help struggling couples. There were an estimated 27,312 divorces among roughly 765,000 ...
NJ soldier regains daily access to daughter she entrusted to ex-boyfriend during Iraq tourSpc. Leydi Mendoza stood alone among the hugging families in Fort Dix when she and 300 other members of the New Jersey National Guard returned home from Iraq three ...
An Israeli man is seeking a divorce on the grounds that life coaching sessions turned his wife into a tyrant. "My wife turned me into a slave," the man said in a divorce request filed with a rabbinical court, the Maariv daily ...

Battered Afghan wives opt for divorce instead of suicide

HERAT, Afghanistan (Reuters) - After regular beatings, torture and attempted murder by her husband, 35-year-old Zahra tried to burn herself to death to escape her marriage. Then she learned of a safer option: divorce. Zahra is among a growing number of women ...
Israeli police arrest mother and grandfather suspected in killing of 4-year-old French girlIsraeli police said Tuesday they have arrested the grandfather and mother in the disappearance of a 4-year-old French girl, saying they fear the girl is dead. Police said the grandfather, ...