Warring parties in Yemen’s Taiz governorate have exchanged dozens of prisoners in a locally-mediated swap, the Iran-aligned Houthi movement and government sources said on Thursday. The local deal coincided with renewed diplomatic efforts by the United Nations this week and as Saudi Arabia...

Iraqi political leaders faced a midnight deadline Thursday to choose a new prime minister to run a country shaken by months of unprecedented street protests that have left hundreds dead. If parliament fails to propose a candidate from inter-party negotiations to replace outgoing Adel Abdel...

A Pakistan special court issued a bizarre but apparently symbolic order for former military ruler Pervez Musharraf on Thursday, saying his corpse should be dragged to parliament and hang for three days if he dies before his execution. The court sentenced Musharraf to death on Tuesday after...

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...