Amnesty International warned on Wednesday that Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi's government had built a "parallel justice system" to crack down on critics and dissent. The London-based rights watchdog said the key tools of repression were the Supreme State Security Prosecution...

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif held talks in Tehran with a Taliban delegation led by Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, one of the group’s founders, the official IRNA news agency reported on Wednesday. Zarif expressed Iran’s willingness to support dialogue between all Afghan...

Seven extremists were sentenced to death in Bangladesh Wednesday over a savage attack at a Dhaka cafe in 2016 that killed 22 people, mostly foreigners. A special anti-terrorism tribunal delivered the verdict in a crowded courtroom in the capital, with judge Mojibur Rahman saying the...

Iraqi anti-government protesters blocked roads in the country's south with burning tyres on Wednesday, as schools and public offices stayed shut a day after deadly clashes with security forces. The country has been rocked by the biggest wave of protests since the 2003 US-led invasion...