Iran said on Tuesday it would wait for the World Health Organization's approval before buying a coronavirus vaccine unveiled last week by Russia. Russia said on August 11 that it had developed the world's first vaccine offering "sustainable immunity" against COVID-19 and was in the final...

It felt like an eternity rather than just a few minutes as haute couture fashion designer Elie Saab scrambled to make sure his 200 staff members, including his son, were safe when this month's massive explosion shook Beirut. Like many Lebanese on Aug. 4 when chemicals at the port detonated,...

Jordan has resorted to extraordinary measures to limit media coverage of its closure of the opposition-led teachers' union, reflecting a wider "slide into repression," Human Rights Watch said Tuesday. Authorities closed the Teachers' Syndicate and arrested its leaders on July 25 after it...

Gaza's lone power plant shut down Tuesday, less than a week after Israel suspended fuel shipments to the Palestinian enclave over the launching of incendiary balloons that have caused brush fires in southern Israel. Gaza, run by Hamas Islamists, relies on Israel for most of its energy...