U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said Thursday that the coronavirus pandemic is “a human crisis that is fast becoming a human rights crisis.” The U.N. chief said in a video message that there is discrimination in the delivery of public services to tackle COVID-19 and there are...

Iran reopened parks and recreational areas Wednesday, pressing ahead with measures to ease its coronavirus curbs despite one of the worst outbreaks of the disease in the Middle East. Ninety four people died from COVID-19 in the past 24 hours raising the overall toll to 5,391, Health...

Residents of a northeastern Syrian village blocked a road and threw stones at a U.S. military convoy Wednesday forcing it to leave the area, state media and an opposition war monitor reported. It was the second such incident in the region in two months. No one was hurt in the confrontation...

Clashes between Afghan forces and Taliban militants killed dozens nationwide in the past 24 hours, officials said Wednesday, even as the United States tries to broker peace talks between the warring sides. Abdul Qadeer Mutfi, spokesman for the Mine and Petroleum Ministry, said in a tweet...