The head of the Swedish shipping firm that owns the British-flagged oil tanker held by Iran since July said Tuesday the Stena Impero was still in Iranian waters, a day after Iran said the vessel was free to move. Erik Hanell, CEO of Stena Bulk, told The Associated Press that "we know...

At least five civilians were killed and 11 injured on Tuesday in a possible YPG/PKK terrorist attack in northwestern Syria. The attack came though a car bomb explosion in a crowded area of Jinderes in the city of Afrin. The blast also caused material damage.  Local security...

A UN body on Monday warned that the haze having caused by the forest and peatland fires in Indonesia has put 10 million children at risk from air pollution. A statement issued by UNICEF noted that small children are especially vulnerable to air pollution “because they breathe more...

Eight babies were killed when a fire ripped through a maternity hospital in eastern Algeria before dawn on Tuesday, emergency services said. "We managed to rescue 11 babies, 107 women and 28 staff" after the 3:50 am (0250 GMT) fire in the hospital in Oued Souf, 500 kilometres (300 miles)...