The Hong Kong government’s priority is to “restore the political system from chaos”, Chief Executive Carrie Lam said on Wednesday in her annual policy address, which did not deliver blockbuster steps to boost the economy or ease a housing crisis. Lam’s lengthy address to the...

The Azerbaijani army has entered the Kalbajar region, one more territory ceded by Armenian forces in a truce that ended deadly fighting over the separatist territory of Nagorno-Karabakh, Azerbaijan’s Defense Ministry said Wednesday. The cease-fire, brokered by Russia two weeks ago,...

A restaurant dining ban in Los Angeles was due to come into force Wednesday as officials warned Americans to stay at home for the Thanksgiving holiday, while parts of Europe eyed looser lockdowns over the festive season. The three-week order in America’s second-biggest city will begin as...

Under the looming shadow of Bashar al-Assad’s regime and the ever deteriorating social and living conditions that many find hopeless, the number of suicide cases in Syria has significantly increased. Dr. Zahir Hajjo, director of the General Authority of Forensic Medicine, revealed to...