Protesters have gathered outside the Central Bank in the Lebanese city of Zahle in protest at the bank’s policies amid the ongoing political and economic crisis in the country, reporte... Read more

Turkish police said on Thursday they had detained five people in relation to the killing in Istanbul of an Iranian citizen who Turkish media said was an opponent of Iran’s government. Masoud... Read more

At least sixteen people have been killed and 152 others injured in clashes in the southern Iraqi city of Nasiriyah, reported Al Arabiya sources on Thursday. Protesters have taken control of... Read more

Iran and Iraq condemned an attack on Iran’s consulate in the southern city of Najaf on Thursday, after the consulate was burned by protesters on Wednesday night. Tehran condemned the attack... Read more

Turkey will repatriate 11 French ISIS detainees early in December, state media quoted Interior Minister Suleyman Soylu as saying on Thursday, as Ankara pressed on with a repatriation program... Read more

A car bomb killed at least 17 people and wounded 20 others in the Turkish-controlled region of northern Syria on Tuesday, Turkey’s defense ministry said. The attack took place in the Tal Hal... Read more

The Iraqi authorities announced the release of 2,500 detainees arrested during recent demonstrations, said Iraqi Prime Minister Adil Abdul Mahdi in a live speech at a parliament session. He... Read more

Bolivia appointed its first ambassador to the US in 11 years on Wednesday, officials said, as the interim government resets the country’s foreign policy after the departure of Evo Morales. W... Read more

Iraqi officials said Wednesday that three protesters were killed and 35 wounded by security forces in southern Iraq after the previous day’s sit-ins and road closures, raising the death toll... Read more

Russia plans to sign a new contract with Turkey to supply its S-400 surface-to-air missile systems in the first half of 2020, the RIA Novosti news agency reported citing the head of Russian... Read more

A group of Hezbollah supporters attacked demonstrators protesting against Lebanon’s political elite in central Beirut late Sunday, triggering confrontations as security forces separated the... Read more

Egypt has postponed the launch of its first communication satellite into orbit for technical reasons. Tiba-1 was due to launch at 2108 GMT on Friday on one of Europe’s Arianespace rock... Read more

Deaths related to measles have risen to 20 in the past week on the Pacific island of Samoa, the government has said, eight days after declaring a state of emergency over the outbreak. The is... Read more

Iran’s Revolutionary Guards have arrested about 100 leaders of the protests that erupted last week over gasoline price rises, Gholamhossein Esmaili, spokesman for Iran’s judiciary, said on F... Read more