The head of Iraq's Chaldean Catholic Church said Friday there will be no Christmas Eve masses in Baghdad for security reasons as nearly three months of anti-government protests continue to rock the capital. "In light of the current sensitive security situation in Baghdad, the patriarchate...

Cancelled trains, packed roads, frazzled nerves: Travellers across France scrambled on Friday to begin Christmas vacations upended by a weeks-long transport strike over a pensions overhaul that unions have vowed to defeat. Hopes of a holiday truce were dashed after talks between the...

Crowds continued to gather in Tahrir Square in the Iraqi capital early Friday to protest against the failure of President Barham Saleh and Parliament Speaker Mohamed al-Halbousi to appoint a new premier following Prime Minister Adil Abdul-Mahdi’s resignation.  According to the Iraqi...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- The Lebanese General Security has extradited 11 Syrian refugees to the regime through the Masnaa border crossing, fellow refugees told Zaman al-Wasl Friday. Muhammad Abdul Karim, friend of refugee Malek Muhammad Zia, who was among the deported, said that, “Ten days ago, I...