Up to 1,000 women and children needing medical care will shortly be evacuated from Gaza to Europe, the head of the World Health Organization's Europe…
Supporters of pro-Iran armed groups in Iraq, angered over "terrorist" references, ransacked offices affiliated with a Saudi TV channel in Baghdad on October 19, two…
Iraq's autonomous Kurdistan region headed to the polls on Sunday to elect a new parliament for the oil-rich region, where voters have expressed disenchantment with…
More than 150,000 children in Gaza received the required second dose of oral polio vaccine in the first two days of the campaign's second round,…
After more than 30 years on air, Istanbul's Acik radio fell silent October 16 after the station was shut down by Turkish authorities, six months…
Conflict-ravaged Gaza appears to be facing the worst restrictions on aid since the Israel-Hamas war began over a year ago, the UN said Tuesday, lamenting…
A second round of a campaign to vaccinate hundreds of thousands of children in Gaza against polio began October 14 as Israeli forces continued deadly…
The UN stressed on October 14 the urgent need for ceasefires in both Lebanon and Gaza to avert a broader regional conflict with ramifications for…
Forty nations that contribute to the UN peacekeeping force in Lebanon said October 12 that they "strongly condemn recent attacks" on the peacekeepers. "Such actions…
Iran has banned pagers and walkie-talkies on all flights, local media reported October 12, weeks after deadly sabotage attacks in Lebanon which were blamed on…
Saudi Arabia was thwarted October 9in its bid to join the UN's human rights council, which is charged with protecting freedoms globally, after coming sixth…
Tens of thousands of protesters marched in cities around the world over the weekend calling for a ceasefire in Gaza and Lebanon as the war…
China urged world powers on October 2 to prevent the situation in the Middle East from "further deteriorating" following the latest escalation in the region.…
Iran resumed flights at its airports on Thursday, state media said, after a brief suspension following its missile attack on Israel. The Islamic republic launched…
Some 100,000 people have fled to Syria from Lebanon due to Israeli air strikes, a figure that has doubled in two days, the United Nations'…
Six people have died of alcohol poisoning in northern Iran after consuming bootleg booze, state media in the Islamic republic reported September 29. Iran banned…
Tens of thousands protested in Iranian cities and in the rebel-held Yemeni capital on September 27 to condemn Israeli attacks on Lebanon and Gaza, AFP…
Tens of thousands of people have fled their homes in Lebanon as Israeli strikes pummelled the country, the UN said September 24, calling events "extremely…
A blast caused by a gas leak at an Iranian coal mine has killed at least 51 people, state media said September 22, in one…
The United Nations said September 20 the detonation of hand-held communication devices in Lebanon could constitute a war crime as Beirut's top diplomat accused Israel…
Iran unveiled a new ballistic missile and an upgraded one-way attack drone at a military parade on September 21, state media said, amid soaring regional…
UN member states voted September 18 to formally demand an end to the Israeli occupation of the Palestinian territories within 12 months and sanctions for…
The daughter of former Iranian president Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani was released on September 18 after two years behind bars in Tehran's Evin prison, media outlets…
Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian vowed September 16 to ensure the morality police will no longer "bother" women, in remarks to the media on the second…
Iran and Iraq on September 11 signed more than a dozen agreements to deepen already strong ties as Masoud Pezeshkian visited Baghdad on his first…
