Lebanon's caretaker prime minister Thursday asked international funding bodies for support in drawing up an emergency rescue plan for his protest-wracked country. Donors including the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund on Wednesday rebuffed a plea for financial aid pending the...

Two rockets fell near Baghdad International Airport on Wednesday, according to the Iraqi Defense Ministry. The Katyusha rockets landed near the “outside perimeter” of the airport, the ministry’s Security Media Department said in a statement. No casualties have been reported and...

Israeli forces arrested a number of Hamas leaders during an overnight raid carried out across the occupied West Bank, according to a Palestinian NGO on Thursday. In a statement, the Palestinian Prisoners Society (PPS) said that six Hamas leaders were arrested from their houses in the...

At least 424 people have been killed and 8,758 injured in anti-government protests in Iraq that began in early October, according to the United Nations Assistance Mission for Iraq (UNAMI). In its latest report released Wednesday, titled Demonstrations in Iraq: 2nd update, 5 November - 9...