Middle East and North Africa
Iran makes arrests in plane shootdown, police crack down on protests
Dubai (Reuters) - Iran said on Tuesday it had arrested people accused of a role in shooting down a Ukrainian airliner and had also...
Influential Iraqi cleric Sadr calls for anti-U.S. demonstrations
Baghdad (Reuters) - Populist Iraqi Shi’ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr called on Tuesday for a million Iraqis to march against the U.S. “presence and violations”...
Hardline militia rallies at UK embassy in Iran, demands closure: report
Dubai (Reuters) - Iran’s hardline Basij militia staged a demonstration outside Britain’s embassy in Tehran on Sunday demanding that it be closed, Iranian state...
Qatar emir in Iran, calls for regional de-escalation at “sensitive” time
Dubai (Reuters) - Qatar’s ruler, Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani, said during a visit to Iran on Sunday that de-escalation and dialogue were...
Four wounded in attack on Iraqi military base that houses U.S. forces
Tikrit (Reuters) - Four people were wounded on Sunday in an attack on Balad air base in northern Iraq which houses U.S. personnel.
The Iraqi...