Fighting between government forces and the Mahdi Army in Basra is reported to have ended after Moqtada al-Sadr ordered his followers to stop fighting Iraqi security f

The US military launched air strikes in Basra on Friday for the first time since the Iraqi authorities began their crackdown on the Mahdi Army, followers of the Shi&

At least 12 people are reported to have been killed in fighting between Iraqi government forces and armed militia in Basra.

A man who spent nearly three years in secret CIA detention spoke exclusively to Amnesty International about his ordeal.

Iranian feminist and journalist Parvin Ardalan was prevented from leaving Iran on Sunday to travel to Sweden where she was to receive the 2007 Olof Palme Prize in St

Egyptian security forces shot dead another woman trying to cross into Israel on Saturday.

At least 14 Libyans were arrested just over a year ago for planning a peaceful demonstration to mark the anniversary of the Benghazi events when security forces killed

Every single home in the West Bank villages of Humsa and Hadidiya is slated for destruction.

More than 1,000 Palestinians from the Gaza Strip have become stuck in the northern Sinai region of Egypt as the Egyptian authorities try to force them back into Gaza