Iraqi security officials say one protester has been shot and killed during demonstrations in the capital of Baghdad. The officials say the protester was killed near the gate leading to the city's heavily fortified Green Zone. It's the first death in the new round of anti-government...

Fresh anti-government protests erupted in Iraq on Friday, with at least two deaths reported after Iraqi police fired live rounds into the air along with tear gas canisters to disperse thousands of protesters in Baghdad. Iraqi police fired live shots into the air and dozens of tear gas...

Anti-government rallies have renewed across Iraq, the second phase of protests that turned deadly earlier this month and which could balloon after the endorsement of populist cleric Moqtada al-Sadr. Iraq was rocked by demonstrations in early October, first denouncing corruption and...

Turkey's central bank slashed rates by a more than expected 250 points to 14 percent Thursday, taking advantage of an inflation dip and a steadier lira after Washington cancelled just-announced sanctions over a military incursion into Syria. The bank lowered its benchmark one-week repo rate...