Thousands of people took to the streets of Baghdad and cities across southern Iraq Friday in the latest protests against corruption, social ills and political leadership. Surrounded by a cordon of anti-riot personnel equipped with electric batons, protestors in Baghdad's Tahrir Square...

An Arab-led coalition launched heavy air strikes on Yemen's main port city of Hudaida Friday, in an apparent resumption of military operations on the Red Sea city after the Iranian-aligned Houthi movement attacked two Saudi oil tankers. Residents said coalition warplanes had begun their...

 Israeli troops shot dead a Palestinian man during Friday protests at the Gaza-Israel border, the health ministry in Gaza said in a statement. It named the dead man as Ghazi Abu Mustafee, 43, and said he was shot in the head near the border fence, east of Khan Younis in the...

Britain has suspended cooperation with the United States over two Deash (ISIS) terror suspects, the government announced Friday, following concerns that they could face the death penalty. Britain said Monday it was sharing intelligence to help the United States bring to trial two...