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...

Syrian and Russian planes have carried out deadly aerial strikes amounting to war crimes on schools, hospitals and markets in Idlib province, UN investigators said Tuesday in a report that also condemned attacks by jihadist fighters. They said that "indiscriminate bombardment" by...

Masirah Saqer could barely open her eyes, as she struggled to swallow the milk her grandmother attempted to feed her with a syringe. Nearby the cries of other malnourished children reverberated around the pink-walled hospital ward, a vivid reminder of the human cost of Yemen's devastating...