Middle East

The health of 10 women prisoners in Turkey has deteriorated since they went on hunger strike to protest against a…

Street protests hit Iran for a third day running on Saturday, spreading to the capital Tehran with crowds confronting police…

Iranian hard-liners rallied Saturday to support the country’s supreme leader and clerically overseen government as spontaneous protests sparked by anger…

Russian President Vladimir Putin told his Syrian counterpart Bashar al-Assad in a new year’s greeting that Russia will continue supporting…

Demonstrators took to the streets of several Iranian cities on Friday, marking the second day of rare protests against high prices…

Dozens of Palestinians were wounded Friday by Israeli gunfire in the West Bank and Gaza on Friday as thousands took…

Saudi Arabia in 2017 laid the groundwork for momentous change next year, defying its conservative reputation for slow, cautious reforms…

A cholera epidemic in Yemen, one of the worst ever recorded, is likely to surge again around March, giving global…

Police in Iran’s capital said Thursday they will no longer arrest women for failing to observe the Islamic dress code…

Foreign fighters against “Islamic State” have been subjected to heavy mistreatment in Iraqi Kurdish prisons. Karlos Zurutuza and Ferrán Barber…