Iraqi security forces opened fire during clashes with hundreds of protesters in the southern city of Basra on Friday, killing one demonstrator and wounding several others as tensions flared once again, hospital officials said. The clashes erupted after some of the protesters tried to set up...

The U.S. Treasury on Friday slapped sanctions on Lebanon’s former foreign minister and a leading Christian political ally of the militant Hezbollah group, singling him out for what it said was his role in corruption. Gebran Bassil, a lawmaker who leads the largest bloc in parliament...

Government failures to prepare for Brexit mean the UK faces "significant disruption" when it is fully free of the European Union on January 1, an official watchdog said Friday. The coronavirus pandemic will add to the strain on freight, farming and other economic sectors, especially in...

d separatist forces of the Southern Transitional Council (STC) in Yemen of committing human rights violations in the Socotra Archipelago. The SAM Organization for Rights and Liberties, a Geneva-based NGO, said in a Thursday statement: "Southern Transitional Council militia is violating...