TEHERAN - Iran's state television IRIB reported on Wednesday that 3,117 people were killed during recent unrest, citing the country's Forensic Medical Organization.The figure is the first official death...
TEHERAN/MOSCOW - Iranian Foreign Minister Seyed Abbas Araghchi held separate phone calls on Thursday night with UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres and Secretary-General of the...
TOKYO - The leaders of Japan's main opposition Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan (CDPJ) and Komeito announced Friday the new party they have agreed...
SEOUL - South Korea's former impeached President Yoon Suk-yeol was sentenced to five years in prison on arrest obstruction charges, live footage showed Friday.The...
ADEN, Yemen - Yemen's ruling Presidential Leadership Council (PLC) on Thursday appointed Foreign Minister Shaya Mohsen al-Zindani as the country's new prime minister, following...
WASHINGTON/CAIRO/GAZA/RAMALLAH/UNITED NATIONS - US President Donald Trump said Thursday that the Board of Peace for Gaza has been established and that he is backing...
CANBERRA - Over 4.7 million accounts belonging to children were deactivated in the first days of Australia's world-first social media ban for under-16s, the...
Parties to the Gaza ceasefire deal have announced that the truce is moving into its second phase, despite continued violations, the displacement of Palestinians,...
BANGKOK - Thailand's Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul on Thursday ordered the transport ministry to terminate its contracts and pursue legal action against a contractor...
WASHINGTON/STOCKHOLM/TEHERAN/UNITED NATIONS/ISTANBUL/BERLIN - The US Department of the Treasury is imposing sanctions on 13 more entities and 11 more individuals allegedly linked to Iran,...
BANGKOK - Two people were killed and two others sustained injuries after a construction crane collapsed onto a highway in Thailand on Thursday, authorities...
Japan’s largest opposition party and a former ruling coalition partner are in discussions to cooperate more deeply in an upcoming election, with an eye...
WASHINGTON/JERUSALEM/CAIRO/LONDON/TEHERAN - A US carrier strike group is moving from the South China Sea to the Middle East amid tensions with Iran, multiple sources...
