KOS, GREECE- The body of a 16-year-old Syrian boy smuggled from Turkey has been found at the foot of a cliff on the Greek island of Kos, a Red Cross official told AFP on Sunday. "His boat landed in a...
CAIRO, EGYPT- Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi ratified on Sunday an anti-terrorism law which stipulates exorbitant fines, and possible suspension from employment, for "false" reporting on...
It is hard to imagine Jawad Zarif in the role of D’Artagnan. But Alexandre Dumas may have been thinking of a similar triangle when it comes to Iran, Turkey and Syria. At one point these three guys...
BEIRUT, LEBANON- Shelling resumed on Saturday in two government-held villages in northwestern Syria and a rebel town near Damascus, state media and a monitor said, as a ceasefire for the areas...
LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM- Britain's Queen Elizabeth II led commemorations Saturday marking the 70th anniversary of VJ Day, joining veterans and former prisoners of war for a service in London. Crowds...
BEIRUT, LEBANON- The Islamic State on Friday besieged a strategic bastion of rebels fighting both them and the Syrian government after less than a week of combat in which at least 121 people died, a...
Future of Bashar al-Assad is increasingly in question as opposition fighters seize more territory. There have been four long years of war. Almost a quarter of a million people dead. Millions...
PARIS, FRANCE, Marlowe Hood- Listening to music before, after and even during surgery reduces anxiety and the need for painkillers, according to a comprehensive study published Wednesday. In a review...
ANKARA, TURKEY, Fulya Ozerkan and Stuart Williams in Istanbul- US warplanes Wednesday carried out their first air strikes on Islamic State (IS) targets in Syria after taking off from a Turkish base,...
PARIS, FRANCE, Marlowe Hood- Dark skies due to a nearly invisible moon will make this year's Perseid meteor shower -- peaking Wednesday and Thursday -- an especially star-studded event, astronomers...
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