Turkey condemned Sunday recent airstrikes by the Syrian regime and "its supporters" on residential areas in opposition-held parts of Syria’s northwestern city of Aleppo. In a statement, the Foreign Ministry said it strongly condemned the attacks over the past few days targeting Aleppo,...

Around 237,000 residents in central China are suffering drinking water shortages following a weeks-long “severe” drought that has damaged 123,000 hectares of crops in Hubei province. The state-run China Daily reported Sunday that the scarcity and damage came after Hubei received an...

Israeli forces have detained around 1,000 Palestinian minors since the beginning of 2016, a Palestinian committee said Saturday.  The Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO)’s committee on detainees said some of the minors were held under Israel’s administrative detention, a policy...

An Egyptian court on Saturday sentenced seven people to death for alleged links to the 2013 killing of a senior police officer, according to a judicial source. The court also slapped five people with a 10-year jail term each and acquitted another defendant in the same case, the source said...