Syria has witnessed unprecedented levels of internal displacement not seen throughout the seven-year conflict with more than one million forced to flee, a UN report said on Wednesday. The 24-page report by the UN

Moscow (CNN)At first glance, it looked like an episode from nineteenth-century Russian novel: A general challenging his opponent to a duel. In reality, it was direct threat to Russian President Vladimir Putin's domestic political

European lawmakers have approved new rules that could force Google and Facebook to stop users uploading copyrighted content and to share revenue with writers and musicians. The vote in the European Parliament is a

Tech companies that fail to remove terrorist content quickly could soon face major fines. The European Commission proposed new rules on Wednesday that would require internet platforms to remove illegal terror content within an

RAFAH, Palestinian Territories: The opening of the Palestinians’ first airport, in the presence of US president Bill Clinton, was a symbol of the hopes for independence and peace kindled by the Oslo accords.But 25

European Union legislators voted overwhelmingly in favour of launching punitive action against the Hungarian government for flouting democratic rules in a stunning political blow for Prime Minister Viktor Orban. With 448 votes in favour, 197

Police in the southern Indian state of Kerala have summoned a Bishop accused of raping a Catholic nun for questioning, following days of protests by a collective of nuns, women's groups and activists. The

The Palestinian envoy to Washington says his staffers have been given a month to pack up after the Trump administration ordered the Palestine Liberation Organization mission closed. Husam Zomlot told The Associated Press on

A controversial cartoon of US tennis star Serena Williams, showing the player as having a temper tantrum at the US Open, has been reprinted in an Australian newspaper. The Herald Sun, owned by Rupert Murdoch's

When Katie Coates created an online petition to make pole dancing an Olympic sport, she had little idea of the challenges that lay ahead. It was 2006 and pole dancing had been slowly reinventing