Every morning, Hadil Mahmoud, a 13-year-old Yemeni girl, used to practice her favorite hobby of climbing trees near her home in the central Taiz province.  One day, a random shell struck nearby as the Yemeni child was moving up a tree in her hometown of Al-Arari in the war-ravaged...

Russia wants an investigation into a South Korean announcement that one of its military planes violated South Korea's airspace, a senior lawmaker said Wednesday citing, Russia's acting ambassador. Seoul said South Korean fighter jets fired 360 rounds of warning shots to drive away the...

Sudanese protester Walid Abdelrahim was shot dead last month in Khartoum but for his mother he is still alive -- thanks to a colourful mural of his smiling face on a wall of their home. "The painting keeps him alive," said Maiyssa Omar, her voice choking as she talked of her son, who was...

Syrian state-run media says Israel struck the strategic al-Harra hilltops at the edge of the Israeli-Occupied Golan  Heights in southern Syria. Israel hit a strategic area in southern Syria where Western intelligence sources previously said Iranian-backed militias are known to be...