British Home Secretary Priti Patel is set to announce a new pilot five-year visa scheme favouring high-skilled refugees in a move that has been condemned by critics for creating a system that could make it harder for those fleeing dangerous environments from getting a UK work visa. Patel...

(DW)- By the summer of 2013, documenting human rights abuses had become taboo even in rebel-held territories in Syria. But  Razan Zaitouneh  was steadfast. The prominent human rights lawyer had just fled the capital, Damascus, due to the immense pressure placed on her work by the...

A Syrian war monitor and rescue workers reported that Syrian regime shelling has killed at least four people in a village in the last rebel held enclave, despite a cease-fire deal in place since last year The victims in southern Idlib province included two girls and their grandmother....

WASHINGTON (AP) — What makes humans unique? Scientists have taken another step toward solving an enduring mystery with a new tool that may allow for more precise comparisons between the DNA of modern humans and that of our extinct ancestors. Just 7% of our genome is uniquely shared with...