Along Iraq's borders, a corrupt customs-evasion cartel is diverting billions of dollars away from state coffers to line the pockets of armed groups, political parties and crooked officials. The prime beneficiaries are Iran-linked Shiite paramilitaries that intimidate federal officials...

Influential parliamentary speaker Nabih Berri said on Monday that Lebanon would sink like the Titanic if it could not form a government. “We will all sink, with no exceptions,” MTV television quoted him as saying at the opening of a session of parliament. Prime minister-designate...

Germany will contribute more than 1 billion euros ($1.18 billion) of humanitarian aid to Syria, Neue Osnabrücker Zeitung stated on Monday, ahead of a donor conference in Brussels that is designed to extend the humanitarian efforts toward the war-torn country as well as toward...

The Home Office’s refusal to disclose the number of women who, like Shamima Begum, have been deprived of their British citizenship after travelling to join Islamic State is under investigation by the information commissioner. The watchdog said it would step in after the government...