Egypt's parliament has passed three controversial draft bills regulating the press and media

Egypt's parliament has passed a draft bill that grants foreigners citizenship if they deposit the sum of at least 7 million Egyptian pounds, or about $391,000, in a local bank, save it there for five years and reside in the country during that period

Report: Authorities arrest 46 in crackdown on models in Iran

Iran's president says his country will continue its economic relations with the rest of the world despite more sanctions by the United States

Egypt's state-run news agency says a blast at a chemical factory near Cairo's main airport injured at least a dozen people

Lawyer says Egyptian prosecutors orders 15-day detention of chief editor of news website shortly after he was ordered released from prison in different case

Iran has detained a teenage girl who posted dance videos on Instagram and attracted tens of thousands of followers

An Egyptian court has sentenced a Lebanese woman to 11 years for in prison for posting a video online in which she insulted Egyptians

Egyptian prosecutors have ordered the country's top media regulator to be summoned for questioning over his decision to issue a gag order on corruption allegations made against a children's cancer hospital

A court in Istanbul has convicted six journalists of terror-related charges, sentencing them to lengthy prison terms in a case that heightened concerns over freedoms of expression and media