Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi ordered on Monday a recount of votes in Kirkuk, amid alleged fraud in parliamentary election, Turkmen politician says.  Arshad al-Salihi, the president of the Iraqi Turkmen Front (ITF), told Anadolu Agency that Abadi had ordered a recount over...

Kuwait has requested a meeting of the United Nations Security Council Tuesday to discuss continuing violence along the Gaza-Israel border, diplomats said Monday. The death toll in Gaza from Israeli live fire reached 52 Monday, the highest level in a single day since a series of such...

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Israel's actions on the Gaza border, where dozens of Palestinians were killed during mass protests Monday, were self-defense against the enclave's ruling Hamas group. "Every country has an obligation to defend its borders," Netanyahu wrote...

At least 52 Palestinians were martyred and hundreds injured on Monday by Israeli gunfire during anti-occupation rallies in the Gaza Strip, according to the Health Ministry.   “The death toll rose to 55 martyrs and over 1,700 others injured” by Israeli forces, ministry spokesman...