Doublet earthquakes jolted Indonesia’s Bengkulu province on Wednesday, the country's Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysical Agency said. The first temblor of 6.6 magnitude was reported at 5.23 a.m. local time [2223GMT, a day earlier] with the epicenter located 169 kilometers (105 miles)...

Iran surpassed 20,000 confirmed deaths from the coronavirus Wednesday, the health ministry said - the highest death toll for any Middle East country so far in the pandemic. The announcement came as the Islamic Republic, which has been struggling with both the region's largest outbreak and...

Mali's president announced his resignation and the dissolving of parliament early Wednesday after he was arrested by mutinying soldiers. "I want no blood to be spilled to keep me in power," Ibrahim Boubacar Keita said in a brief address broadcast on state television. Keita also...

Israel and Sudan Tuesday said they are close to reaching a peace agreement - setting the stage for a second dramatic diplomatic breakthrough for Israel with its Arab neighbors in a matter of days. A Sudanese Foreign Ministry official announced that his government is "looking forward to...