Iraq's Supreme Anti-Corruption Council on Thursday dismissed 1,000 civil servants, who were convicted of public integrity crimes, amid widespread protests across the nation.   Prime Minister Adel Abdul-Mahdi chaired a meeting of the council amid ongoing protests to discuss a...

 Egypt is discussing possible further assistance from the International Monetary Fund to help it carry out structural reforms once its current three-year IMF program ends next month, its central bank governor said on Thursday. "The government and the IMF are reviewing to see if there...

Israel's 1948 Palestinian citizens protested and held a general strike Thursday to call on police to stop a wave of violence in their communities, a situation the country's president labelled a "national emergency." Lawmakers from the community of 1948 Palestinian citizens in Israel...

Bahrain called on its citizens Thursday not to travel to Iraq for the time being due to security tensions, state news agency reported. The foreign ministry statement also called all Bahraini citizens in Iraq to leave immediately as a precautious step.