Denmark offered to take over Canada’s leadership of NATO’s non-combat training mission in Iraq from the end of 2020 until mid-2022, the Danish Foreign Ministry said in a statement on Tuesday. “With the contribution we will be able to deliver an even stronger effort in our fight...

An Iraqi protester was killed on Tuesday in the capital Baghdad and dozens more wounded across the country's restive south as sit-ins turned violent, medics told AFP. The demonstrator died after being shot by a rubber bullet near Al-Ahrar bridge, which has been sealed off by security forces...

A Palestinian detainee has died in Israeli prison, a local NGO said Tuesday, blaming the death on medical negligence. "Sami Abu Diak, 37, died in Assaf Harofeh medical center where he was transferred after his health has deteriorated," the Palestinian Prisoner Society said in a statement....

 Turkish authorities on Tuesday ordered the detention of 168 people, including military personnel, with suspected links to the network that Ankara says orchestrated a 2016 coup attempt. Ankara has cracked down on suspected followers of Fethullah Gulen, a U.S.-based Muslim cleric, since...