A civilian was killed Tuesday in a bomb attack in Ras al-Ayn, northeastern Syria, according to security sources. An explosive-laden motorcycle detonated in the Al-Manajir region, and the blast also caused material damage, said the sources who asked not to be named due to restrictions on...

 Efforts to keep the Amazon rainforest standing and reduce Brazil's planet-warming emissions are being hampered by budget cuts for the country's environmental watchdog and its main climate change program, researchers have said. Brazil has seen a sharp spike in deforestation under the...

Prime Minister Boris Johnson's Conservative government faced a rebellion from some of its own legislators Tuesday after it summoned Members of Parliament back to London and scrapped a remote-voting system used during a nationwide coronavirus lockdown. Like millions of other Britons, the...

French arms sales dropped nearly 8.6 percent last year to 8.3 billion euros ($9.3 billion) from 2018, with the United Arab Emirates -- a key player in the Yemen conflict -- still a leading client, a government report said Tuesday. France is regularly criticised by rights groups for arms...