A Chinese court handed a four-year jail term on Monday to a citizen-journalist who reported from the central city of Wuhan at the peak of last year’s coronavirus outbreak, on grounds of “picking quarrels and provoking trouble,” her lawyer said. Zhang Zhan, 37, the first such person...

At least 9,500 people have fled their homes in Ain Issa, northeast Syria, following an escalation in clashes between the Turkish-backed Syrian National Army (TSNA) and the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) in mid-December. The SDF – the military forces of the Autonomous...

A Palestinian monitoring group reported looting acts by Syrian forces and allied militias against the property of Palestinian refugees in the Yarmouk refugee camp south of Damascus,  The Action Group for Palestinians of Syria said in a report that despite the return of about 600...

Lionel Messi will miss Barcelona's last match of the calendar year after the Catalan giants announced on Sunday that ankle treatment will keep him out of their midweek La Liga match with Eibar. In a statement, Barca said Messi "is completing the treatment for his right ankle, and is...