A handout picture provided by the Iranian Supreme Leader’s official website on Friday shows Iranian scientist Mohsen Fakhrizadeh. — AFP photo Iran said one of its most prominent nuclear scientists was assassinated on Friday in ...

At least five COVID-19 patients were killed early Friday in a devastating fire inside a hospital in India’s western state of Gujarat, officials said. The fire broke out inside the intensive care unit of Shivanand ...

The United Arab Emirates has stopped issuing new visas to citizens of 13 mostly Muslim-majority countries, including Iran, Syria and Somalia, according to a document issued by a state-owned business park. The document, which was ...

Local Indian authorities banned public gatherings and closed shops as more than 1,000 rescue personnel mobilised against a powerful cyclone barrelling towards the southeastern coast, bringing heavy rains and strong winds. Cyclone Nivar is set ...