Voting began across regime-controlled parts of Syria on Sunday for the war-ravaged country's first local elections since 2011, state-run news agency SANA said. Polling booths opened at 7:00 am (0400 GMT) and are expected to stay open for 12 hours. "Voting centres opened for...

Women should play a greater role in the training of priests to fight the child abuse "crisis" that has engulfed the Catholic Church, Canadian Cardinal Marc Ouellet has said. More must be done within the church to tackle the root causes of the latest wave of global abuse scandals to rock...

An Israeli missile attack targeted the Syrian capital's airport late Saturday, activating air defences which shot down a number of the projectiles, state news agency SANA reported. "Our air defences responded to an Israeli missile attack on Damascus international airport and shot down a...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- The U.S.-backed Syrian forces pressed slow gains against Daesh in the eastern province of Deir Ezzor, local activist said Saturday. The Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), backed the U.S.-led coalition airstrikes, have seized a neighborhood in the town of al-Bagouz...