French people on Thursday started one of the biggest strikes in the country's recent history against French President Emmanuel Macron’s controversial pension plans, local media reported. Police, healthcare professionals, teachers, lawyers, taxi and freight drivers, postal workers,...

 Several thousand men backing a paramilitary force close to Iran flooded the Iraqi capital's main protest camp Thursday, worrying anti-government demonstrators who have denounced Tehran's role in their country. The men arrived in Tahrir (Liberation) Square in apparently coordinated...

Tunisia's Prime Minister-designate Habib Jemli has pledged to form a “harmonious” coalition government in line with the aspirations of the people. The Tunisian people "want those parties [in the government] to meet their expectations in the areas of employment, local and regional...

A US sailor fatally shot two people and wounded a third at the Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard in Hawaii on Wednesday before taking his own life, a senior Navy officer said. The base was locked down for more than an hour after the shooting, according to a statement issued by the facility, while...