Police snipers fired at demonstrators in Baghdad Friday, as the death toll rose to 60 people in three days of violent national protests against government corruption. Premier Adel Abdul-Mahdi called for calm but protesters scorned his promises of political reform. The...

"We're not infiltrators", Sayyed said over and over again as he marched Friday to Baghdad's iconic Tahrir Square after Iraqi officials accused "aggressors" of being behind four days of anti-government protests. Despite pleas from embattled Prime Minister Adel Abdel Mahdi for a "return...

The Palestinian Authority will receive a transfer of 1.5 billion shekels ($430 million) from Israel, officials from the two governments said Friday, in a step towards resolving a months-long standoff between them. Israel will continue to deduct money from the transfers to account for...

Protesters clashed with anti-riot police Friday in Iraq despite the premier?s pleas for patience and an internet blackout on the fourth day of mass rallies that have left 44 dead. Many were awaiting a signal in the midday sermon of Grand Ayatollah Ali Sistani, Iraq's highest Shiite...