At least six Syrian people were killed in the massive warehouse explosion of Beirut on Tuesday as more than 100 people have lost their lives, according to activists and the Lebanese Red Cross. Meanwhile, rescue workers are still digging through the rubble looking for survivors of the...

Up to 800 million children around the world are being poisoned by lead from water and air pollution, the United Nations warned Thursday in a special report on the "massive and previously unknown" health crisis. One out of every three children is estimated to have levels of lead -- a potent...

Amid Syria’s devastating civil war, Russia and China’s UN Security Council vetoes to help the Assad regime have caused the deaths of "nearly a quarter of a million Syrians and the arrest of nearly 150,000 others," according to a human rights group. "The Security Council’s most...

Iranian police are investigating after a fire broke out at an industrial complex in northeast Iran where gas condensate storage tanks are sited, one of which exploded, the Mehr news agency reported Monday. Javad Jahandoust, the fire chief at the Kavian Fariman industrial complex, some 32...