A further slump in Iran's rial is "temporary", Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said Tuesday after the currency sank to its lowest value in decades. A US dollar was offered for about 205,000 rials Tuesday, up from 188,200 rials Friday and 198,000 rials early Monday, according to foreign...

North Korean defectors to South Korea were reported on Tuesday to be behind anti-Pyongyang leaflet propaganda that have recently sparked tension between the two neighbors. "[We] sent anti-North Korea leaflets over [to the North] between 11 p.m. [1400GMT] and midnight on Monday [from a town]...

In an apparent broadside against the drive to take down statues of figures linked to racism, US President Donald Trump said Tuesday that he had authorized the government to arrest anyone who vandalizes or destroys historical statues, with penalties of up to 10 years in prison. "I have...

A new round of clashes erupted between government forces and the separatist Southern Transitional Council (STC) in Yemen's southern Abyan province on Tuesday, according to a Yemeni military source. The violence came hours after the Saudi-led coalition said the Yemeni government and STC,...