Saudi Arabia has detained at least nine people including academics and writers in the latest in a series of public crackdowns over the past two years, campaigners said on Monday. Journalists, bloggers and activists were among the nine arrested in a crackdown that began on November 16,...

At least two civilians were killed and three others were injured in a car bomb attack in the northwestern city of Azaz, Turkey's National Defense Ministry said Monday. "According to initial reports, a car bomb detonated by the terrorists outside the bus terminal in the centre of the...

India’s information technology minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said on Monday Apple Inc would expand its operations in the country and the iPhone maker’s supplier Salcomp would make components at a plant near Chennai in southern India. Salcomp will invest 20 billion rupees ($278.67...

Iraq on Monday reopened al-Shib border crossing with Iran after a 9-day closure, the Iraqi Border Ports Commission said. In a statement, the commission said the terminal was open to travellers from Iraq to Iran. The border crossing was closed on Nov. 16 upon a request from Tehran due to...