PARIS: French President Emmanuel Macron said on Monday that a “return to normal” in Syria that left its leader Bashar Assad in power would be a “grotesque error,” in comments seemingly directed at his

This is a first-person account by Maisam Iltaf, an Afghan who lost his cousin in an ISIL attack on a school in Kabul on August 15. The teenage children at the academy, which was in a

At least four people have been killed and seven others wounded in clashes that broke out between rival armed groups in Libya's capital, Tripoli, as they attempt to take control of the city. The

Egyptian footballer Mohamed Salah has lashed out at his country's football association, reigniting a months-old dispute with officials over the unauthorised use of his image. In a tweet sent out on Sunday, the Liverpool

For eight years, since 2010, the electric car maker Tesla has enjoyed robust growth, even though it has never turned an annual profit. Today, the company is valued at between $60bn and $70bn.  For

On August 25, senator and former presidential candidate John McCain died aged 81. In the obituaries that poured in, "war hero" and "maverick" were the most frequent epithets used to describe him. Both these

Facebook has banned 20 organizations and individuals in Myanmar, including a senior military commander, from using its service and acknowledged that it was "too slow" to prevent the spread of "hate and misinformation" in

Warren Buffett is gearing up to invest in India's top mobile payments firm. The renowned investor's company, Berkshire Hathaway (BRKA), is set to pick up a stake in Paytm, a source familiar with the

Syrian rescue worker Samir Salim found his mother’s body under their collapsed house, but there was no time for a funeral.“We buried her and went back to work. There were a lot of people

Syrian rescue worker Samir Salim found his mother’s body under their collapsed house, but there was no time for a funeral.“We buried her and went back to work. There were a lot of people