BEIRUT: Russian air strikes killed two people in Syria’s Idlib Friday, a monitor said, as President Vladimir Putin was in Tehran for a summit on the fate of the last major rebel bastion.Putin, who

SARMAN, Syria: In northwestern Syria, 68-year-old Abu Khaled was among dozens to have set up camp in a field, hoping that Turkish soldiers nearby would shield him from bombardment by Bashar Assad’s regime.In the

SARMAN, Syria: In northwestern Syria, 68-year-old Abu Khaled was among dozens to have set up camp in a field, hoping that Turkish soldiers nearby would shield him from bombardment by Bashar Assad’s regime.In the

Thyolo, Malawi - In a hospital room in Thyolo, a southern Malawian town among tea plantations, Ngellina Chikopa unwraps her sarong to reveal a long wound filled with pus.  The cut stretches from her

More than 6,000 wildfires have hit the US state of California this year, burning an area of 580,100 hectares (1,435,263 acres) and causing damages worth more than $2.56bn, according to the California Department of Forestry and

At least two people have died in Iraq's oil-rich province of Basra as protesters targeted and set fire to government and political party buildings in the fourth consecutive night of violent unrest. Thousands of protesters

Rescue workers have continued to search for survivors after a powerful earthquake triggered landslides on Japan's northern island of Hokkaido. At least 16 people were killed and dozens are missing, feared trapped in mud

The leading candidate in Brazil's presidential election is in a serious but stable condition after being stabbed at a campaign rally, doctors said. Jair Bolsonaro, 63, was stabbed in the city of Juiz de

CAIRO: Egypt’s military says its special forces have held drills with special forces from the United States to exchange expertise on combating terrorism. The announcement was made in a Thursday statement by Egypt’s armed

PARIS: Daesh will have been driven from all the territory it once controlled as a self-declared “caliphate” before the end of the year, French military chief Francois Lecointre said on Thursday. The terrorists, who