NEW YORK: While Syria’s regime is encouraging refugees to return to their war-wracked country, the UN’s top official there said that the millions who fled need to evaluate for themselves whether it’s safe and

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil - Sitting in a small and airless living room on the edge of northern Rio de Janeiro's winding Acari favela, Christian Lucas Fonseca's mother says she is worried. "There's no opportunity for

Christine Blasey Ford has accused Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh of sexually assaulting her when they were both teenagers.  Ford and Kavanaugh testified separately in front of the Senate Judiciary Committee last week, after

The prospect of Judge Brett Kavanaugh being elevated to Supreme Court justice - without a thorough investigation of the multiple allegations of sexual assault against him and after a confirmation hearing in which his rage

Iran is facing growing domestic and international pressure as US sanctions on oil exports are about to take effect amid increasingly visible public discontent with the ruling elite. Since last December, waves of strikes

Thousands of women and children captured after the defeat of ISIL in Iraq are being held in detention facilities. Human Rights Watch is urging nations to repatriate their citizens and hold fair trials for

BEIRUT: The families of Druze hostages held by Daesh rallied for a third day on Friday to demand action by the Syrian regime to free them, witnesses said. The terrorists abducted around 30 people

Muslim World League head urges faith leaders to travel to Jerusalem seeking peace AMMAN: In an unprecedented move, Sheikh Mohammed Al-Issa, secretary-general of the Muslim World League (MWL), has called on faith leaders to

JERUSALEM: Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has been sidelined, isolated and humiliated by the US administration. But the embattled Palestinian leader may have the final say in determining the fate of the White House’s long-awaited

Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman has welcomed Turkey to search the Saudi consulate in Istanbul following the disapperance of prominent journalist Jamal Khashoggi who entered the mission earlier this week.  In an exclusive interview