A deadline set by Iraq's president for parliament to name a new premier was set to expire Saturday amid renewed pressure from the street after influential cleric Moqtada Sadr called for fresh protests. Baghdad and the mainly Shiite south have been gripped by four months of anti-government...

Iraq's leading Shi'ite cleric, Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani, condemned Friday the use of force to disperse protest camps across the country, as security forces stepped up a crackdown against demonstrators. Protesters across Iraq are seeking the removal of what they see as a corrupt...

Following months of illegal pushbacks of migrants, Greek authorities have finally introduced a legal framework to regularly deport refugees thanks to a new, controversial law that is likely to speed up the process. An estimated 30 migrants per day have been deported to Turkey from...

As many as 39,377 more civilians have fled their homes in Syria’s northwestern Idlib de-escalation zone over the last 24 hours, amid attacks by the regime and its allies. According to Syria's Response Coordination Group, the displaced civilians headed to areas near the Turkish border due...