Hong Kong’s embattled leader Carrie Lam said on Tuesday she hoped a standoff between police and a hold-out group of anti-government protesters at a university could be resolved and she had told police to handle it humanely. A last group of about 100 defiant protesters remained in the Hong...

An Iranian intelligence official has threatened to crack down on leaders of protests against a recent government decision to hike fuel prices.  Speaking to Anadolu Agency, the Intelligence Ministry official said those "aiding and abetting" the protests have been identified and a strict...

The Palestinian Authority condemned an announcement Monday by U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo that Israeli settlements in the West Bank will no longer be viewed as illegal “per se”. “It is null and void, condemned and totally contradicts international law and resolutions of...

Since fleeing her hometown in northeastern Syria, Suad Simon prays every day for the safety of her husband, who stayed behind with other fighters to defend their majority-Assyrian village. Assyrian Christians like Simon, who escaped the town's occupation by the Islamic State group in 2015...