France's foreign minister is visiting Libya to encourage holding elections in the north African country as part of a reconciliation agreement reached by the main Libyan rivals in Paris in last year

Turkey is commemorating the second anniversary of thwarting a coup against the Turkish president and the government.

Activist: Thousands protest in Iraq's southern oil-rich Basra against dilapidated public services, lack of jobs

Human Rights Watch accuses Egypt of using counterterrorism, state-of-emergency laws to crack down on critics

Turkey's Parliament has elected former Prime Minister Binali Yildirim as its speaker

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan named the members of his Cabinet after he was sworn in Monday under a new governing system that grants him sweeping executive powers and which critics think gives him far too much control

Iraq's election commission is expanding its manual recount of ballots from May's parliamentary elections, which were marred by allegations of fraud and irregularities

Turkey's president says a pre-election alliance between his ruling party and the country's nationalist party will continue

Turkey has issued a decree to adjust its current laws with a new presidential system that comes into effect with last month's presidential and parliamentary elections

Iraq's state TV: Election commission begins manual recount of ballots from May parliament elections in city of Kirkuk