Police in North Macedonia said Thursday that 26 migrants, who had been crammed into two cars driven by suspected smugglers, have been detained near the southern border with Greece. A police statement said the cars were near the town of Valandovo late Wednesday when the drivers spotted...

A 1,600-year-old virtually intact Roman-era mosaic has been discovered in central Syria. The mosaic, measuring 20 x 6m (65.5 x 20ft), was found under a building in Rastan near Homs, which was held by rebels in the civil war until 2018. Showing mythical scenes including the Trojan...

The U.N. General Assembly voted overwhelmingly Wednesday to condemn Russia's "attempted illegal annexation" of four Ukrainian regions and demand that Moscow immediately reverse its actions. The vote in the 193-member world body was 143-5 with 35 abstentions, the strongest support from the...

A Russian company has signed a $59.7 million investment deal for the development of a new tourism site on Syria's coast, despite huge poverty blighting the country. A four-star complex will be implemented by a Russian company named Sinara in Latakia's Gol Jamal district, taking up 70 dunams...