Iran tested home-made air defence systems Wednesday during military exercises, state media said, days after the expiry of an international arms embargo against the Islamic republic. The manoeuvres -- dubbed "Defenders of the Sky" -- took place in "an area covering half of the...

 Three Iran-backed paramilitary fighters were killed in an overnight Israeli strike that hit Syria's southern province of Quneitra, a war monitor said Wednesday. The three were from the Syrian Resistance to Liberate the Golan, a group linked to the Lebanese Hezbollah movement, said...

French Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin said Wednesday he had asked local authorities to put mosques in the cities of Bordeaux and Beziers in southwestern France under police protection following threats or acts of violence. "Such actions are unacceptable on the soil of the Republic," the...

 Iran's health ministry Wednesday reported 5,616 new coronavirus cases for the previous 24 hours, the highest daily number since February, bringing the national tally to 545,286 in the Middle East's hardest-hit country. Ministry spokeswoman Sima Sadat Lari told state TV that 312 people...