At least three people are reported to have been killed in an explosion in the Pakistani city of Peshawar. Officials initially said the blast, near a KFC restaurant, was caused by a bomb, but later reports suggested it was an accidental...

The Islamic republic’s first female Cabinet member, Marzieh Vahid Dastjerdi, has said that her selection as health minister was an “important step” for Iranian women. Iran’s conservative-dominated parliament gave the nod for...