South Korea raised its coronavirus alert to the second-highest level in Seoul and surrounding areas Sunday as authorities struggle to contain a fresh outbreak. The country largely brought the virus under control with a "trace, test and treat" approach, but in recent weeks new infections...

Jailed Saudi activist Loujain al-Hathloul is accused of contacting "unfriendly" states and providing classified information, Saudi Arabia's foreign minister told AFP Saturday, after the campaigner's trial was transferred to a terrorism court. Hathloul, 31, was arrested in May 2018 with...

Mohamed Nasser Al-Hussein, 16, faces great difficulties in his day-to-day life after losing both his legs in a landmine explosion, which makes it harder for him to get to school in his deserted village in the eastern province of Deir Ezzor. Al-Hussein  said that...

 The Iranian Supreme National Security Council (SNSC) said on Saturday that the recent bill to increase nuclear enrichment "is not in contradiction with the [Iranian] national interests." Iranian President Hassan Rouhani had objected to the Strategic Act to Revoke Sanctions bill...