Iraqi security forces opened fire and launched tear gas on Friday at protesters on a bridge in central Baghdad, killing two people and wounding 22 others, police sources said. One death was caused by bullets and the other by a tear gas canister launched directly at the head, the sources...

A fractured spine, paralysed leg, hole in the back: Hamza took to the streets of Iraq's capital to demand a better life but now he has even less than ever. "This is my sacrifice for Iraq," said the 16-year-old, his strained voice barely audible over the phone in Baghdad. "If I...

Iran's Basij militia said the nationwide unrest sparked by fuel price hikes amounted to a "world war" against the Islamic republic that had been foiled. The protests erupted across the sanctions-hit country on Nov. 15, after the price of petrol was raised by as much as 200 percent....

A Turkish court confirmed the convictions against former journalists from Turkey's oldest newspaper Thursday, despite their sentences being overturned by a higher court. The judgement against 12 ex-staffers from Cumhuriyet was described as "scandalous" by rights groups, and further evidence...