WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Joe Biden directed U.S. states on Thursday to make all adults eligible for the coronavirus vaccine by May 1 and urged Americans to stay vigilant or face more restrictions, hours after he signed a $1.9 trillion stimulus bill into law. In a forceful but...

Attacks on rural Aleppo that caused severe damage to oil facilities have been described as “state terrorism” by the Syrian opposition, in what is a possible message to Turkish-backed forces in the region. The deadly attacks last Friday, reportedly launched by Russia from warships...

After ten years of devastating war in Syria, people there are facing one of the worst hunger crises they have ever known, according to the UN's World Food Programme (WFP). Arif Husain, WFP chief economist, said millions of Syrians were affected. "People are closer to starvation...

Secretary-General Antonio Guterres made an urgent appeal Thursday for $5.5 billion to prevent a “catastrophe” for 34 million people in over three dozen countries who are just one step away from famine driven by conflict. The U.N. chief told a high-level U.N. Security Council meeting...