QARAQOSH, Iraq: For decades, the Immaculate Conception Church in Qaraqosh was the heart of Iraq's largest Christian town. After two years under Islamic...
QARAQOSH, Iraq: For decades, the Immaculate Conception Church in Qaraqosh was the heart of Iraq's largest Christian town. After two years under Islamic...
ALEPPO, Syria/BEIRUT: The Syrian army and its allies captured Sheikh Saeed district in Aleppo in overnight fighting, a war monitor and a Syrian...
LONDON: British police said they had arrested six people in anti-terrorism raids across central England and London on Monday. Officers held four men...
Athens: Greek police on Monday detonated a bomb outside the labour ministry in Athens following a warning phone call, a police source said....
NEW DELHI: Indian authorities closed schools and colleges on Monday and prepared to move people out of low-lying areas as a cyclone bore...
ALEPPO, Syria: The bombardment of rebel-held Aleppo as heard from the government-held zone of the Syrian city is the most intense for days,...
ISTANBUL: Turkish police have detained 45 provincial officials from the pro-Kurdish Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) over allegations of links to Kurdish PKK militants,...
MOSCOW: Russia's Defence Ministry said on Monday that 728 Syrian rebels laid down their weapons over the past 24 hours and relocated to...
ISTANBUL: Turkish warplanes carried out air strikes against Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) targets in northern Iraq late on Sunday, destroying a headquarters of...
SEOUL: South Korea's Constitutional Court said on Monday no date has been set for public hearings in the case to review parliament's impeachment...
Beirut: Syria's army seized a major district on Aleppo's southeastern edges Monday, putting it in control of 90 percent of areas once held...
ALEPPO, Syria/BEIRUT: Syrian rebels have received a U.S.-backed proposal to leave Aleppo along with civilians under safe passage guaranteed by Russia, rebel officials...
NEW DELHI: The world is facing a crisis if countries do not increase their education budgets and get more children into school, warned...
YALA, Thailand: For some weeks, the deputy police commissioner of Thailand, Police Gen. Srivara Ransibrahmanakul, has been making some pretty serious allegations about...
BEIRUT: When President Bashar al-Assad turns from the wreckage of Aleppo to assert his authority across a fractured Syria, it will be as...
HONG KONG: The Philippines is not doing enough to tackle soaring HIV prevalence among men who have sex with men by offering greater...
ROME: Breaking the cycle of drought and hunger in Southern Africa, where 39 million people are suffering a drought-induced food crisis, will need...
NEW YORK: Women’s rights advocates must pay attention to threats in individual U.S. states where policies could set back abortion availability and health...
