BAGHDAD—As a general amnesty law takes effect in Iraq, the country’s prisons are facing a crisis of overcrowding, housing more than double their intended capacity, the country’s justice minister said ...

MOSCOW - Three police officers were killed on Monday in a shootout in the southern Russian region of Dagestan after unidentified gunmen opened fire on their vehicle, regional authorities said. Read ...

A photography festival was held in the Kurdish city of Sanandaj in western Iran (Rojhelat), bringing together over 120 ...