At least 29 women have been arrested in Iran for appearing in public without a headscarf as protests against the enforced dress code intensify, Iranian media reported Friday. The women have been accused of public order offences and referred to the state persecutor's office....

The two leading Palestinian factions missed another deadline Thursday to implement a reconciliation deal, potentially burying the landmark accord aimed at ending their decadelong split. The Hamas movement was to hand over power in the Gaza Strip by December to the Palestinian...

A Russian court Thursday sentenced Nikita Belykh, the former governor of a Russian region, to eight years in prison after he was convicted of taking bribes from a businessman, Russian media reported. Belykh, who denied the charges, was governor of the Kirov region north-east of...

The interception of a U.S. surveillance plane by a Russian Su-27 fighter jet over the Black Sea this week posed no danger to the U.S. aircraft, Russia's defense ministry was cited as saying on Thursday by the TASS news agency. The defense ministry also proposed Washington halt...