The destruction by ISIS extremists of two key cultural sites in Syria's ancient city of Palmyra is a "war crime", UNESCO said Friday. "This destruction is a new war crime and an immense loss for the Syrian people and for humanity," Irina Bokova, director general of the U.N. cultural agency,...

(The Ringer)- Let me start by making this clear: I want to like President Obama. I want to revere him as one of our nation’s greatest presidents. I want to believe that our imperfect but self-correcting democracy somehow got it right and elected one of its best people to lead it for eight...

Turkey can no longer insist on a resolution of the conflict in Syria without the involvement of President Bashar Assad, as the situation on the ground has changed dramatically, Turkish Deputy Prime Minister Mehmet Simsek said Friday. "As far as our position on Assad is concerned, we...

Britain's police watchdog is to hold an investigation after officers were filmed firing a stun-gun at their own local black race relations adviser who they apparently mistook for a wanted suspect, the force involved said Friday. Judah Adunbi, 63, who is a founder member of an Independent...