The protest at the Grand Bazaar represented the latest signal that the demonstrations are likely to continue. Violence surrounding the protests has killed at least 36 people, activists abroad say.

Saudi-led coalition forces in Yemen said it launched preemptive strikes early Wednesday targeting secessionist forces in southwestern Yemen that were mobilized as their leader fled planned peace talks.

Term and age limits have been scrapped, rivals jailed or sidelined, and state security forces are a constant presence at opposition rallies as Museveni seeks a seventh term in elections on Jan. 15. Wine,

Britain and France firmed up a postwar troop commitment in Ukraine, though Russia has said it will reject any deal that allows NATO-country forces in Ukraine.

President Donald Trump's administration has put 25 more countries on a list of nations whose citizens could be required to post bonds of up to $15,000 to apply for entry into the U.S., the State Department website showed on Tuesday.

Iran executed a man convicted of spying for Israel’s Mossad, state media reported Wednesday. The official IRNA news agency identified the man as Ali Ardestani, saying he relayed sensitive information to Mossad officers in return for financial rewards in the form of cryptocurrencies.

The deadliest clashes so far broke out Tuesday between Syrian government forces and Kurdish fighters in a contested area of the northern city of Aleppo, as efforts to merge the U.S.

Israel claimed the strikes were targeting Hezbollah and Hamas infrastructure. Lebanese President Joseph Aoun said the attacks would make the task of disarming Hezbollah more difficult to achieve.