Iraqi Prime Minister Adel Abdul-Mahdi officially handed his resignation letter to the parliament, a parliamentary source said on Saturday.   According to the source, who asked not to be named, the premier’s resignation letter has made its way to the parliament.  The...

Thousands of protesters gathered outside a police station on the outskirts of the Indian city of Hyderabad Saturday demanding four men accused of raping and murdering a 27-year-old woman be handed over to them. Some protesters clashed with police, hurling slippers, after the charred body of...

Libya's navy said Saturday it had rescued 205 migrants in an operation off the coast of Tripoli. The rescue took place on Friday, with 158 men, 33 women and 14 children taken from three inflatable boats off the coast of Zawiyah, 45 kilometres west of the capital, a navy statement said....

Dozens of people in protest-swept Lebanon staged a candlelit vigil outside Iraq's embassy on Saturday to denounce the excessive use of force against demonstrators there. Participants at the Beirut observance raised pictures of Iraqi protesters who have been killed in an unprecedented...