The militias have long opposed the U.S. military presence in Iraq. But few expected them to turn their anger toward popular burger and fried chicken joints.

Not all convicts qualify and those who do are required to join assault brigades, which engage in some of the most deadly fighting. .

About 250,000 people protested in France on Saturday, authorities said, in a show of force against the rising far-right National Rally party guided by Marine Le Pen.

Hamid Nouri, who was convicted of war crimes for mass executions in Iran in 1988, will be freed in exchange for Swedish citizens Johan Floderus and Saeed Azizi

Roy could face grave charges over comments she made 14 years ago about Kashmir under a stringent antiterrorism law.

One million people in southern Gaza are “trapped, without clean water or sanitation,” says the World Food Program, as Gazans prepare for the Eid al-Adha holiday.