Iraqi preacher Moqtada al-Sadr called on his followers on Thursday to remain calm after an explosion killed 18 people in his main stronghold in Baghdad just hours after parliament called for a recount of votes in an election his bloc won. Sadr, a nationalist who tapped growing...

Turkish military is advancing to Iraq’s Mt. Qandil as part of an operation launched against PKK terrorists in March, the ruling party’s spokesman said on Wednesday. “Our army is now advancing to Qandil,” Mahir Unal, Justice and Development (AK) Party’s spokesman, said in...

The Iraqi parliament on Wednesday voted for a manual recount of nationwide elections held last month. Also, the parliament voted in favor of appointing nine judges to run the country’s official electoral commission. A total of 172 parliamentarians attended the session presided...

The Israeli military shot dead a Palestinian during a raid in the occupied West Bank on Wednesday, saying a soldier fired back after a man pelted him with a rock. The Palestinian Information Ministry said Israeli forces had killed Ezz El-Deen al-Tamimi, 21, in "cold blood". In a...