Polls opened across Iraq on Saturday in the first national election since the declaration of victory over Daesh (ISIS). After weeks of official campaigning, no clear front-runner has emerged as Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi faces stiff competition from political parties with closer...

 Malaysia's Immigration Department said Saturday that former scandal-ridden Prime Minister Najib Razak and his wife are barred from leaving the country, shortly after he announced plans for a short holiday. A leaked flight manifesto shows Najib and his wife Rosmah Mansor were due...

Freshman director A.B. Shawky said piecing together financing for a feel-good road movie about an Egyptian leper and his orphan friend was the least of his troubles getting his film to Cannes. The newcomer’s debut feature “Yomeddine” is going toe-to-toe with his ex-professor Spike Lee and...

Viewers were given a sneak preview of the compound housing what will be the new American Embassy in Jerusalem Friday, when the U.S. Ambassador to Israel posted footage of preparations for the opening ceremony. Ambassador David Friedman put on the 'U.S. Embassy Jerusalem' Facebook page a...