A massive explosion has ripped through a fireworks warehouse in a shopping mall in the Armenian capital of Yerevan, killing two people and injuring 60 others.

A United Arab Emirates cargo ship transporting cars has sunk 50 kilometers (30 miles) from Iran’s Assaluyeh Port in the Persian Gulf, with Iranian rescuers attempting to account for all of its 30 crew members.

A high-rise building under construction has collapsed in Nigeria's commercial capital Lagos, killing at least four people.

The Russian Navy is set to stage joint naval exercises with Iran, Azerbaijan and Kazakhstan in the Caspian Sea in early September.

The death toll from a devastating earthquake in Haiti has risen to 724 as rescue workers scrambled to find survivors.

The Iranian government will give away a loan package worth 100 trillion rials as assistance to renters.

The UN has called on Libya and the EU to urgently reform their rescue operations in the Mediterranean Sea, saying the current practices fail to protect migrants’ lives and safety.