A regional boss of Iran's state broadcaster IRIB has been fired after inadvertently letting a Jackie Chan sex scene slip through its tight censorship rules, local media reported Monday. Viewers on Iran's Kish Island were shocked when their local TV station showed the martial arts star...

Sudanese police broke up several new protests held after Friday prayers, as security agents arrested a top opposition leader after calls for more demonstrations against a rise of bread prices. Angry crowds have taken to the streets in Khartoum and other cities since December 19 after a...

(Israeli Reports)-  Satellite images show the extent of damage from an alleged Israeli strike in Syria this week, with one photo indicating that a large storage facility was completely destroyed, an Israeli satellite imaging company said Thursday. The photos, taken December...

From dusk till dawn, the Afghan capital of Kabul resembles an abandoned city these days, shrouded in the thick black smoke of mostly coal-fired heaters amid the harsh winter. Air pollution during the winter in this fast-developing metropolis has made breathing difficult for locals,...