Schools in Iran's Tehran province have been ordered shut until Friday due to severe air pollution, authorities announced, extending their closure to a full week. Tehran city was cloaked by thick toxic smog for a third successive day on Monday that blanketed out landmarks like Milad Tower...

A parked car exploded in Iraq’s western province of Anbar early on Monday, killing two soldiers and wounding an officer close to an area that was once Islamic State’s last stronghold in the country, the military said. There was no immediate claim of responsibility but Islamic State...

Three people were injured Monday in a rocket attack by forces aligned with eastern Libyan commander Khalifa Haftar east of Tripoli, the UN-recognized government said.    One of those injured was in a critical condition in the attack that targeted residential neighborhoods in the...

Five people have been sentenced to death over the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi, but two top figures investigated over the killing have been exonerated, Saudi Arabia's public prosecutor said Monday. Khashoggi, a Washington Post contributor, was murdered in October last year in what...