Iraqi police fired into the air to disperse protesters demanding jobs and better public services at one of three demonstrations outside major oil fields in the southern oil hub of Basra Thursday, police sources said. Two protesters were wounded, police and hospital sources said without...

U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo called on American allies Thursday to help impose economic pressure on Iran, and accused Tehran of continuing to sell weapons in the Middle East despite United Nations resolutions. "We must cut off all funding the regime uses to fund terrorism & proxy...

Egypt has hiked the prices of cigarettes, the latest measure amid reforms designed to overhaul the country's troubled economy, still reeling from a costly 2011 uprising. The government's decision, which took effect Thursday, imposes an increase of 1.5-3 Egyptian pounds, or about 8-17...

Russian President Vladimir Putin met Ali Akbar Velayati, a top adviser to Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, on Thursday in Moscow, RIA news agency reported, without providing any details. Velayati hailed Iran's ties with Russia on Wednesday as "strategic" and said he would...