Iran's official coronavirus death toll rose to 4,869 Thursday but a parliamentary report said the actual number could be much higher and a deputy minister warned the infection could spread further in autumn. Health Ministry spokesman Kianush Jahanpur, speaking on state television, said the...

Coronavirus outbreaks across the Middle East threaten to shatter the lives of millions of already destitute people in conflict zones, and could fuel socio-economic upheaval, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) said Thursday. Curfews and lockdowns imposed as public health...

Eleven vessels from Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy (IRGCN) came dangerously close to U.S. Navy and Coast Guard ships in the Gulf, the U.S. military said Wednesday, calling the moves "dangerous and provocative." While such interactions had occurred occasionally a few years...

As the rising sun gently begins to illuminate Jerusalem's golden Dome of the Rock and the city slowly awakens, Firas al-Qazzaz's hypnotic voice echoes softly through the Old City. He is the latest member of his family in 500 years to lead prayers from the minaret at the cherished Al-Aqsa...