Heavy rains in Afghanistan and Pakistan unleash flash floods that killed dozens of people

Officials say heavy flooding from seasonal rains in Afghanistan has killed at least 31 people and left dozens missing over the past three days

Gunmen riding on a motorcycle open fire, killing a worker for the World Food Program in Yemen

A humanitarian worker for the World Food Program has been fatally shot in an attack in Yemen

Iraq prime minister expels Swedish ambassador, withdraws diplomat from Sweden as man desecrates Quran in Stockholm

Iraq prime minister expels Swedish ambassador, withdraws diplomat from Sweden as man desecrates Quran in Stockholm

India Manipur Ethnic Clashes

Turkey's finance chief heralds $50.7 billion deals with UAE as Erdogan tours Gulf nations

Turkish Finance Minister Mehmet Simsek says Turkey and the United Arab Emirates have signed deals worth $50.7 billion, as President Recep Tayyip Erdogan rounds off a three-country tour of the Gulf

Protesters storm Swedish Embassy in Baghdad ahead of planned Quran burning in Stockholm

Protesters angered by the planned burning of a copy of the Quran have stormed the Swedish Embassy in Baghdad, breaking into the compound and lighting a small fire

Iraq expels Sweden's ambassador over a Quran desecration. It follows an attack on Sweden's embassy

Iraq’s prime minister has ordered the expulsion of the Swedish ambassador from Iraq and the withdrawal of the Iraqi charge d’affaires from Sweden after a man desecrated a copy of the Quran in Stockholm with the permission of the Swedish authorities

Protesters storm Swedish Embassy in Baghdad after man threatens to burn Quran in Stockholm

Protesters angered by an Iraqi man in Sweden who threatened to burn a copy of the Quran stormed the Swedish Embassy in Baghdad

Egypt pardons jailed activists including two prominent rights defenders, official media say

Egypt's state-run media says President Abdel Fattah el-Sissi of Egypt has pardoned a group of prisoners including two prominent rights activists

Egypt state news says president has pardoned two prominent rights defenders, a lawyer and activist with ties to Italy

Egypt state news says president has pardoned two prominent rights defenders, a lawyer and activist with ties to Italy