A Pakistani passenger plane with more than 100 people on board has crashed near the southern city of Karachi on Friday, the country's aviation authority said. Images shown on national television showed the Pakistan International Airlines flight had smashed into a residential area. "The...

A reformist Iranian lawmaker has stirred up a hornet’s nest by saying that Syria must reimburse Tehran for the whopping 20-30 billion dollars Iran has spent in the war-ravaged country. In a video interview with Etemad Online, the web portal of the reformist Etemad newspaper,...

Every day, I wake at the crack of dawn. I walk to my local hospital, put on my scrubs and my PPE. I sweat in it – mopping floors, disinfecting surfaces, cleaning everything that might be touched by a hand. I am aware that if I miss a spot, the virus might stay on the surface, and someone...

China has launched its fiercest assault on Hong Kong's treasured autonomy with its move to impose a security law, pro-democracy campaigners said Friday as they vowed to take to the streets in protest. The proposal for the security law -- expected to ban treason, subversion and sedition --...