Iraqi anti-government protesters blockaded an oil field and rallied in southern cities Sunday while political factions remained paralysed in their attempts to form a new government. Several hundred people demanding jobs shut off access to the Nassiriya field, 300 kilometres (190 miles)...

An attacker stabbed five people late on Saturday at a Hasidic rabbi's home in New York state before fleeing, a Jewish organization said, a rampage that came after days of increased tensions over anti-Semitic assaults. The Orthodox Jewish Public Affairs Council (OJPAC) said on Twitter an...

  (Zaman Al Wasl)- Syrian armed opposition launched a surprise attack late on Saturday on regime forces near the newly-captured town of Jarjanaz in northern Idlib province, leaving dozens killed and wounded, sources told Zaman al-Wasl. The attack followed a heavy rocket fire on...

Iraq’s semi-official human rights commission said Saturday at least 490 protesters have been killed in Baghdad and southern cities in nearly three months of anti-government rallies. Iraq has been roiled by protests since Oct. 1 in which demonstrators have taken to the streets to decry...