Iran on Saturday dismissed as meddling in its internal affairs criticism by the United Nations’ human rights boss of the shooting deaths of protesters during demonstrations over water shortages. Meanwhile, rallies in support of the protests in the southwestern province of...

Two Turkish soldiers were killed and two were wounded in an attack on their armoured vehicle in northern Syria, and Turkish forces immediately launched retaliatory fire, Turkey’s defence ministry said on Saturday. “Our punitive fire against terrorist positions is continuing,” the...

The United Nations has voiced deep concern over the escalating violence in northwestern Syria, which poses an increasing risk to civilians. Farhan Haq, the deputy spokesman for UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, said the ongoing fighting caused the death and injury to dozens of...

Iran has slashed its gas supply to Iraq’s electric power stations feeding the country’s southern and central parts by 19 million cubic meters per day, cutting down 1,000 megawatts of electricity, according to the Iraqi government. "The rates of Iranian gas being supplied to the...