The accident occurred when a civilian bus collided with another carrying members of the Syrian security forces on a highway in the center of the country.

It’s been a punishing year for Tehran’s street vendors. Protests, war, and funeral observances for the slain supreme leader have forced repeated closures. Yet, even in the presence of government-provided translators, some spoke candidly to a New York Times crew granted rare but limited access to Iran, explaining that earning a living isn’t their only reason to return to the streets.

From the capital, Tehran, to the holy city of Mashhad, the Iran I saw was a nation of many layers: defiant but also weary, despairing but hopeful.

Firefighters were racing to contain blazes that were moving closer to Madrid and Bordeaux.

Firefighters were scrambling to contain blazes that were moving toward major cities. Some 200,000 people have evacuated or sheltered at home.

With Dharmendra Pradhan offering his resignation, the student protest movement achieved a major victory against the government of Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

Huge blazes have forced tens of thousands of residents and vacationers in France and Spain to evacuate.

While Mark Carney weighs his next steps, some provincial leaders point to oil, electricity and potash as powerful leverage against U.S. economic pressure.

Hundreds of thousands of people, including residents as well as vacationers, were forced to evacuate or told to remain indoors.

U.S. forces did not announce new overnight attacks on southern Iran for the first time in about two weeks, but tensions remained high, with Saudi-led forces striking Houthi targets over the Red Sea.