Thousands of supporters of powerful Shi'ite Muslim cleric Moqtada al-Sadr filled a central Baghdad square on Friday, disregarding government pleas to scrap protests it said would distract from the war against Islamic State. The demonstration ended a respite from street actions which in April...

A "terrorist" gunman killed 84 people and wounded scores when he drove a heavy truck at high speed into a crowd that had watched Bastille Day fireworks in the French Riviera city of Nice late on Thursday, officials said. Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve said 80 people died and 18 were in a...

Translation by Yusra  Ahmed (Eqtsad)- The amount of wheat handed to regime’s grain centre in recent season is too small compared to the area of planted fields, which highlighted queries about reasons behind deterioration in selling wheat to grain centres and seeds multiplication...

 Up to 30 people are feared dead and over 100 others were injured after a van drove into a crowd watching Bastille Day fireworks in the French resort of Nice Thursday, a local official told French television, describing it as a "major criminal attack". Speaking to BFMTV, Sebastien...