A powerful 6.8-magnitude earthquake struck Morocco Friday night, killing at least 1,037 people and injuring hundreds of others.

The father of an Iranian girl roundly dismisses Western media allegations that her daughter died following a recent poisoning incident at her school, stressing she lost life due to renal disorder and severe infection.

More than 7,000 nurses at two large hospitals in New York City have gone on strike over working conditions and staffing.

A Gazan boy suffering from a type of brain atrophy has died after Israeli authorities did not grant him permission to leave the enclave for treatment.

At least 17 people have been killed and dozens more injured after a passenger train derailed near the desert city of Tabas in central Iran.

The death toll from the a building collapse in Iran's southwestern province of Khuzestan has risen to 14, as authorities announce the arrest of 11 people accused of being “responsible” for the tragedy.

In the wake of steep rise in COVID-19 cases fueled by the Omicron variant, thousands of nurses on Thursday staged nationwide protests against working conditions in hospitals across the US.

The Omicron variant​​​​​​​ has overwhelmed hospitals in early hit cities across the United States, with experts saying this could be just the beginning.

A new wave of COVID-19 infections driven by the Omicron variant is forcing the US National Institutes of Health to postpone elective surgeries at the largest hospital in the United States devoted to clinical research.

About 150 skeptical American workers at at Houston Methodist Hospital have chosen dismissal over vaccine.