Russian police detained 317 people on Saturday, including prominent opposition activists, around a political protest in Moscow which authorities had declared illegal. Jailed opposition leader Alexei Navalny had called for the protest, near the Moscow mayor’s office, to pressure...

Hazem Tahsin Bek on Saturday succeeded his late father as prince of the Yazidi religious minority that was brutalised by the Islamic State group in northern Iraq. He was enthroned in a ceremony in Lalish, the Yazidis' holiest site in Iraq's mountainous northwest, after having been named by...

Tunisia will bid farewell to its first democratically elected president Beji Caid Essebsi on Saturday at a state funeral attended by foreign leaders, including French President Emmanuel Macron. Essebsi, who helped guide the North African country’s transition to democracy after the 2011...

The Hamas resistance group praised China on Saturday for its stance on the Israeli demolition of Palestinian homes in the holy city of Jerusalem. In a written statement, Hamas said Beijing once again demonstrated its commitment to peace and stability in the Middle East. The group called...