Two people died and another three were injured Tuesday when a pre-dawn explosion rocked a factory south of Tehran, Iran's official IRNA agency reported, blaming human error. The blast in "a completely industrial zone" of Baqershahr, 23 kilometres (14 miles) from the capital, was caused by...

 Iran has recorded its highest number of deaths from COVID-19 within a 24-hour period, Health Ministry figures showed Tuesday. The 200 deaths reported Tuesday exceed the previous record from Sunday, when the ministry reported 163 deaths in a day. The Islamic Republic has recorded a...

With a new cabinet full of rightwing stalwarts, French President Emmanuel Macron is betting that his 2022 re-election hopes are best built on a conservative base that wants economic recovery to be the priority, analysts say. After his centrist party's rout in municipal elections last month...

A top Israeli health official resigned Tuesday, saying her guidance on combatting the coronavirus was being disregarded and the country's containment efforts were "disoriented" as it faced a surging caseload. The resignation of Siegal Sadetzki, the health ministry's director of public...