TAWERGHA, Libya: Returning home after seven years in a camp for displaced people, Mahmoud Abou Al-Habel’s joy was eclipsed by pain when he surveyed his vandalized property in the Libyan town of Tawergha.A burned

A late spring weather system, that sent a dust storm across Australia's New South Wales (NSW) region and its capital, Sydney, has caused damage through wind strength alone. According to Weatherzone, the sheer force

Gunmen in Syria's rebel-held Idlib province have killed Raed Fares, a prominent activist who ran an independent radio station in the country's last opposition stronghold. Fares was shot on Friday along with his colleague Hamoud

The reimposition of US sanctions on Iranian oil exports is threatening various parts of Iranian society. But the saffron-exporting sector believes it is virtually sanction-proof and some think the sanctions may have even been

Martin Griffiths, the United Nations envoy for Yemen, has arrived in the strategic port city of Hodeidah to discuss plans with Houthi rebels to cede control of the port to the world body and lay

Earlier this month the BBC aired an informed and informative weeklong series on disinformation and fake news, "a global problem," as they rightly put it, "challenging the way we share information and perceive the world

At least 10 people have been reported killed, and 25 others wounded following a blast inside a mosque in Afghanistan's eastern Khost province.  According to reports, the explosion on Friday targeted members of the

Velika Kladusa, Bosnia - Broken phones and broken bones: these are the risks refugees are running in Bosnia as they attempt to cross over the border into Croatia, the EU's newest member state. In a warehouse

Opponents of the disputed Sri Lankan Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa have won control of a crucial committee in parliament, in a serious setback to his government. Legislators on Friday voted to hand control of

Four years after the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant group (ISIL, also known as ISIS) seized large areas in Iraq and Syria, it appears the group has been defeated militarily, and has now lost