Sporadic protests erupted in cities across Iran, state news agency IRNA said on Saturday, a day after the government announced a surprise decision to ration petrol and hike its price. The demonstrations on Friday night were "severe" in Sirjan in central Iran as "people attacked a fuel...

Four close relatives of dead Daesh/ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi have been remanded in this central Anatolian province Saturday. Kirsehir chief public prosecutor’s office said 25 close relatives al-Baghdadi have been arrested in Kirsehir-based operations in four provinces. The four...

  Iraq will never be the same after weeks of demonstrations demanding sweeping reform, its top Shiite cleric said on Friday in his most emphatic endorsement yet of the protest movement. Grand Ayatollah Ali Sistani said authorities must respond quickly to the demands of the...

Lebanese protesters who have been demanding radical reform reacted with anger Friday to the reported designation of a new prime minister they regard as emblematic of a failed political system. According to senior officials speaking on condition of anonymity and Lebanese press reports,...