Former minister Hassan Diab looks set to be named Lebanon’s new prime minister on Thursday with backing from the Iran-backed group Hezbollah and its allies, a move that could complicate Lebanon’s efforts to secure badly needed Western financial aid. Lebanon, wrestling with the worst...

A man arrested in Saudi Arabia after stabbing three performers at a live show in the capital Riyadh last month was under orders from a leader of Al-Qaeda in Yemen, state television channel Ekhbariya said Thursday. The Nov. 11 incident occurred at King Abdullah Park, one of several venues...

Indian authorities cut cellphone access in parts of Delhi Thursday and fresh violence erupted elsewhere, as thousands of protestors nationwide defied bans on assembly in growing anger at a new citizenship law seen as anti-Muslim. Police and demonstrators clashed in Uttar Pradesh state as...

A court in Spain ruled Thursday that Catalonia's president Quim Torra was unfit to hold public office for 18 months because he failed to remove separatist symbols from public buildings during an election campaign. The ruling will only come into effect if it is confirmed by Spain's Supreme...