Syria

Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas will this week enter his 17th year in office, although he was elected by popular vote in January 2005 for only one(...)

The first day Gena Heraty went to work at a residential home in Haiti, she became a mother for the abandoned children in her care. She was 23 back the(...)

When Muhammad Achour first moved to Dublin’s Clonliffe Road and saw the crowds gathering for matches at Croke Park he was transported back to his own (...)

The Israeli government has approved an ambitious plan to double the number of Jews living on the Golan Heights, which was captured from Syria in the 1(...)

The European Union slapped sanctions on Russian private military contractor the Wagner Group on Monday, accusing it of covert activities, killings and(...)

A former Danish minister who was responsible for some of the Scandinavian country’s toughest policies on immigration has been sentenced to 60 days in (...)

For years, Turkish opposition leader Kemal Kilicdaroglu suffered ridicule for his mild-mannered demeanour and failure to make inroads at election afte(...)

Built on the ashes of 10 years of war in Syria, an illegal drug industry run by powerful associates and relatives of president Bashar Assad has grown (...)

When his child found the leaflet on the ground, Mohammed, who is illiterate, was not able to read it. Instead he pocketed the piece of paper, only sho(...)

A fortress razed and then rebuilt by a triumphant Ivan the Terrible would seem to be an unlikely symbol of tolerance and inclusivity. But the snow-wh(...)