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Dozens injured as 5.9-magnitude quake hits western Iran

At least 146 people were injured Sunday when a 5.9-magnitude earthquake struck Iran’s western Kermanshah province, Iran’s ISNA news agency reported.  According to Iranian state television, at least 41 of 146 injured in the earthquake continue to be treated in various hospitals...

Suspected acid attack seriously injures boy aged 3 in UK

British police said Sunday they have arrested a man after a three-year-old boy was seriously injured in a "deliberate" suspected acid attack in central England on Saturday. The boy is being treated for "serious burns to his arm and face" in hospital following the mid-afternoon incident...

18 killed in Boko Haram attack in Chad: military source

Eighteen people have been killed in an attack by suspected Boko Haram militants in the Lake Chad region, a Chadian military source said Sunday. "Boko Haram elements attacked a village south of Daboua," not far from Chad's border with Niger, at around 9:00 pm Thursday, the military...

Fresh protests in Iraq as medics raise death toll to 11

Fresh protests hit southern Iraq Sunday as medical sources put at 11 the number of demonstrators killed in two weeks of unrest sparked by ire over corruption and lack of public services. Security forces remained deployed around the capital Baghdad after struggling Friday to disperse...