LVIV, Ukraine — An ammonia leak at a chemical plant in the eastern Ukrainian city of Sumy has contaminated an area with a radius of more than 2.5 kilometers (about 1.5 miles), officials said early Monday. Sumy regional governor Dmytro Zhyvytskyy didn’t say what caused the leak. The...

The Lebanese Hezbollah militia on Sunday sent new military reinforcements in the desert city of Palmyra in the eastern countryside of Homs. Zaman al-Wasl reporter, quoting private sources, said that the reinforcements came from the city of Deir Ezzor, including a convoy of 50 militants with...

Germany has agreed a contract with Qatar for the supply of liquefied natural gas (LNG) that will help the European country wean itself off its dependency on Russian energy. But the contract is a long-term solution and will do little to slow the current flow of European money into Russian...

A Palestinian rights monitor said at least 4,116 Palestinians in Syria lost their lives in the 11-year-old conflict, including 493 women and 252 children. The Action Group for Palestinians of Syria said since  the outbreak of the Syrian revolution in March 2011, the situation of...