Israel has demolished most of a Bedouin village in the occupied West Bank, displacing 73 Palestinians - including 41 children - in the largest such demolition in years, residents and a United Nations official said. Tented homes, animal shelters, latrines and solar panels were among the...

The health of jailed Saudi women's right activist Loujain al-Hathloul, on hunger strike since last week, is rapidly worsening, and she should be released "immediately", UN experts said Thursday. Hathloul, whose jailing since 2018 has made her emblematic of the fight for women's rights in...

New confirmed cases of the coronavirus in the US have climbed to an all-time high of more than 86,000 per day on average, in a glimpse of the worsening crisis that lies ahead for the winner of the presidential election. Cases and hospitalizations are setting records all around the country...

Under the elegant arches and domes of an Ottoman-era compound, Joseph Tobjian displays his aromatic Aleppo soap at a trade fair designed to revive Syria's exports-starved arts and crafts. The soap maker is among more than 130 merchants taking part in the state-sponsored fair in Damascus for...