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German police probe Syrian student over bomb plot

German police are investigating a Syrian doctorate student in detention for having allegedly planned a bomb attack, local media reported Friday. The 36-year-old man was previously already probed over suspected ties to ISIS, said public broadcaster Hessischer Rundfunk. Prosecutors have...

UN reports Palestinian population decline in Syria

The U.N.'s Palestinian relief agency says Syria's Palestinian refugee population has fallen by one-fifth since the start of the Syrian conflict in 2011. UNRWA Director Pierre Kraehenbuehl said Friday there are 440,000 refugees in Syria, compared to 560,000 in the country before the war....

UN's Zeid says Jordan should not have hosted Sudan's Bashir

Jordan has broken its treaty obligations by hosting Sudanese President Omar Hassan al-Bashir, who is wanted by the International Criminal Court, U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra'ad al Hussein said in a statement Friday. "I very much regret that Jordan, a state party to the...