A Turkish court ruled Friday to release U.S. pastor Andrew Brunson from house arrest, sentencing him to three years in jail but saying he will not spend any more time in custody because of time already served. The court's decision to lift judicial controls meant that evangelical pastor...

Saudi Arabia on Thursday withdrew its application to join the world’s club of French-speaking countries, the International Organisation of the Francophonie (OIF). The move comes as Riyadh faces pressure over its human rights record. The organisation, which can be viewed as the...

A joint task force of U.S. coalition and Iraqi special forces have arrested 10 suspected members of a network that provided funding for Daesh (ISIS) in the capital Baghdad and the northern city of Irbil, the coalition said Thursday. The task force conducted raids from Oct. 7-9 and...

Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has ordered officials to urgently find solutions to ease an economic crisis spurred by the re-imposition of U.S. sanctions, the semi-official Fars news agency reported Thursday. Washington reintroduced steps against Iran’s currency trade,...