The U.N. says over 460,000 suspected cholera cases have been recorded in war-battered Yemen so far this year - a sharp rise from the 380,000 cases for all of 2018. U.N. deputy spokesman Farhan Haq says 705 suspected cholera deaths have been recorded since January - a dramatic increase from...

 A 5.7-magnitude earthquake struck southwest Iran near the border with Iraq Monday, the country's national seismological center reported. The quake, whose epicenter was in the Masjed Soleiman area of Khuzestan province, hit at 11:30 a.m. (0700 GMT) at a depth of 17 kilometers....

Activists have embarked on a so-called “I’ll Be Back Home” campaign in an attempt to urge concerned authorities to reconstruct Yarmouk Camp and allow displaced Palestinian families to safely return to their homes. The campaigners called on the concerned families to gather at...

China and the rest of the world must co-exist, Chinese Vice President Wang Qishan said on Monday, in an indirect jab at the United States with which Beijing is currently trying to resolve a bitter trade war. “China’s development can’t shut out the rest of the world. The world’s...