DUBAI, United Arab Emirates—A crisis over suspected poisonings targeting Iranian schoolgirls escalated Sunday as authorities acknowledged over 50 schools were struck in a wave of possible cases. The poisonings have spread further fear among parents as Iran has faced months of unrest. It remains unclear who or what is responsible since the alleged poisonings began…

PARIS—The slaying of a 12-year-old girl whose body was found inside a plastic box in a Paris building courtyard has left France “profoundly shaken,” the French government said Wednesday. A 24-year-old woman who was arrested Saturday in a northeastern suburb of the capital is in custody on charges of murder and rape of a minor,…

A Liverpool teenager is being lauded for her quick thinking after she witnessed a “creepy looking man” approach a young schoolgirl, while claiming to be her “dad’s mate.” Emma Carlile, 15, was on her way home from Weatherhead High School when she saw the tall man approach the 11-year-old schoolgirl. Suspecting something was afoul, the teen…