Politics
Pro-paramilitary demonstrators flood Iraqi protest camp
Mass rallies have rocked the capital and Shiite-majority south since early October, first denouncing government graft and a lack of jobs before ...Khamenei orders Iran unrest victims treated as ‘martyrs’
Iran has given no official figures for the number of people killed during last month’s protests but it has rejected high death ...Eritreans wait in vain for change after peace with Ethiopia
Eritrean taxi driver Mihreteab recalls brimming with hope in July 2018 when his country reached a peace agreement with neighbour and longtime ...Israel braces for bitter fight after Netanyahu indictment
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s indictment is expected to sharpen the battle lines in Israel’s already deadlocked political system and could test the ...UN calls for talks to end Bolivia crisis as death toll rises
Shadowed by street violence and food shortages, a U.N. envoy is urging the government of Bolivia’s self-proclaimed interim president and supporters of ...Iran leader backs petrol price hike that sparked deadly unrest
Iran\'s supreme leader threw his support behind a decision to hike petrol prices, a move that sparked nationwide unrest in which he ...Israel, Islamic Jihad cease fire after heavy Gaza fighting
Israel and the militant Islamic Jihad group in Gaza reached a cease-fire to end the heaviest Gaza fighting in months that killed ...Hong Kong clashes rage on university campus and business district
Hong Kong pro-democracy protesters fought intense battles with riot police on a university campus and paralysed the city\'s upmarket business district, extending ...Morales begins Mexico exile as Bolivia senate moves to end vaccum
Evo Morales vowed to continue "the struggle" after arriving in Mexico where he has been granted political asylum, as Bolivia\'s senate sought ...Anti-government protests rage in Iraq, 7 killed
At least seven more Iraqi protesters were killed in clashes with security forces in Baghdad and the southern town of Nasiriyah, as ...