A man was killed Friday during a protest outside the headquarters of an armed group in southern Iraq, a medical source said, as authorities push to contain demonstrations. "A civilian around 20 years old was shot dead," a medical source in the city of Diwaniyah told AFP, as rallies...

Jordan's House of Representatives has given a vote of confidence to a new government that was formed after nationwide protests. Prime Minister Omar Razzaz's cabinet received a 79-42 vote Thursday after five days of deliberations by parliament's lower house. Six members were not present for...

Anadolu Agency has obtained a copy of an Egyptian proposal for achieving reconciliation between Palestinian factions Fatah and Hamas. In a Thursday phone call, Ismail Haniyeh, head of Hamas’s political bureau told Egyptian intelligence chief Abbas Kamel that Hamas had agreed to Cairo’s...

Sudanese authorities have banned the international media from covering the visit of Egypt’s president to Sudan set to start on Thursday. Egyptian President Abdul Fatah al-Sisi is due to arrive for a two-day visit to Khartoum today to meet his Sudanese counterpart Omer al-Bashir....

Iraq's government may have muddled its way through violent street protests in the country's oil-rich south with promises of jobs and better services, but the root causes of this month's unrest remain almost intact and it could be just a matter of time before popular discontent boils over again....

The European Union Thursday said it was concerned about a new Israeli law which declares that only Jews have the right of self-determination, and said it would complicate a two-state solution to the Israel-Palestinian conflict. Israel passed the "nation-state" law earlier on Thursday...

Iran continues to acquire uranium and is close to finishing a factory where it can build more centrifuges to enrich it, the country's nuclear chief said Wednesday, adding also that uranium stockpiles have nearly doubled in the last few years. The comments by Ali Akbar Salehi, head of Iran's...

The trial of a U.S. pastor who is accused of aiding terror groups and engaging in espionage has resumed in a town in western Turkey. Andrew Craig Brunson, a 50-year-old evangelical pastor from Black Mountain, North Carolina, was arrested in the aftermath of a 2016 coup attempt for...

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday said that Israel was prepared for “any scenario” in the blockaded Gaza Strip, according to an official statement. “We are in the midst of a battle that involves an exchange of blows and I can tell you that the [Israeli] army is ready...

At least 269 undocumented migrants were held across Turkey on Tuesday, according to security sources. In the northwestern province of Edirne, 98 migrants were rounded up in the Meric district as well as in the village of Yenikadin, said gendarmerie sources, who asked not to be named due...

All flights from Iran to Iraq’s southern city of Najaf have resumed following recent disturbances at Najaf’s international airport, according to Iranian officials.   “All flights to Najaf have resumed; the situation has returned to normal,” Riza Jaferzade, a spokesman for Iran’s...

A Palestinian youth has succumbed to wounds he sustained from Israeli fire during anti-occupation protests in the Gaza Strip, according to the Health Ministry on Tuesday. Sari Al-Shawbki was shot and critically injured in the neck during protests near Gaza border two months ago, the...

Kirkuk Airport will open for domestic and international flights in August, , an Iraqi official announced on Monday. Rakan al-Jubouri, the governor of Kirkuk, told reporters that experts from the Ministry of Transportation would arrive in Kirkuk shortly to confirm the date of the first...

Former Egyptian military chief of staff General Sami Anan, who was detained in January after announcing plans to compete in a presidential election, is in critical condition in hospital, two sources close to his family said Monday. Anan, 70, was admitted to the intensive care unit at a...

Arab Satellite Communications Organization (Arabsat) on Monday denied reports that it was distributing content from television channel BeoutQ, which several international sporting bodies have accused of illegally airing their matches. Riyadh-based Arabsat said it had sent a letter to FIFA on...

Iran said Monday that if President Donald Trump wants to negotiate after pulling the United States out of the international deal meant to prevent Tehran from developing nuclear weapons, he'll have to initiate the call. The remarks by Foreign Ministry spokesman Bahram Ghasemi came after...

Egypt's parliament has backed a draft bill that grants foreigners citizenship if they deposit the sum of at least 7 million Egyptian pounds ($391,000) in a local bank, save it there for five years and reside in the country during that period. The draft bill, passed on Sunday evening,...

Iran's supreme leader Ali Khamenei has called for better ties with the world - though not with the United States, according his official website Monday. Khamenei met President Hassan Rouhani and his cabinet Sunday and spoke of the "necessity of developing diplomacy and relations with foreign...

About 200 protesters gathered at the main entrance to Iraq's Siba natural gas field on Monday, police and energy sources said, in unrest over poor services sweeping southern cities. The demonstration has not affected operations at Siba, run by Kuwait Energy PLC, Siba officials said.

Two protesters were killed in clashes with Iraqi security forces in the town of Samawa on Sunday, a police official said, amid growing unrest in southern cities over poor public services and widespread corruption. "Hundreds of people tried to storm a courthouse. Shots were fired towards...