Tunisian opposition parties and independent figures have called for a demonstration Saturday against a controversial anti-corruption bill, defying a ban on public protests under a state of emergency. The protest on Tunis's Habib Bourguiba Avenue, a focal point of the country's 2011 revolution,...

ISIS militants have got their hands on Syrian cotton production, worrying manufacturers even though there appears little risk for now that ISIS-linked clothes could end up on the catwalk or in your closet. After seizing oil and grain fields to fund their offensive, ISIS militants have also...

Indications of increased Russian involvement in Syria in support of President Bashar al-Assad are prompting a reassessment in Israel about how to handle fall-out from the conflict without risking a clash with Moscow. Since the Syrian civil war began in 2011, Israel has occasionally fired...

A Saudi-led alliance killed at least 20 Indian nationals in air strikes on fuel smugglers at a Yemeni port on Tuesday, fishermen said, and more foreign troops were reported to be arriving to intensify the campaign against Houthi forces. The Houthi-run state news agency Saba also said...