China and India accused each other of firing shots first across a flashpoint Himalayan border, intensifying a months-long standoff between the nuclear-armed neighbours that has already claimed at least 20 lives. China said Tuesday its soldiers took "countermeasures" after Indian soldiers...

Tucked away in the rolling hills of Iraqi Kurdistan is a hidden treasure: tens of thousands of olive trees, thriving in a new homeland after being smuggled from neighbouring Syria. Their branches are heaving with bright purple-black olives ready to be picked. Their caretaker, Syrian...

Assid returned to his village in Jabal Zawiya region in northern Hama province after months of displacement as the rest of his family are still in a camp near the Syrian-Turkish border, in anticipation of any possible attacks by the regime forces to control what remains of a large pocket south...

Rising Nile floodwaters are threatening to swamp an ancient archaeological site in Sudan, after some of the highest ever recorded river levels, archaeologists said Monday. Teams have set up sandbag walls and are pumping out water to prevent damage at the ruins of Al-Bajrawiya, once a royal...