Fighting raged for a third day on Saturday between ISIL (ISIS) and Kurdish forces in Syria after attackers stormed a prison housing members of the armed group in violence that has killed more than 70 people so far. The assault on the Ghwayran prison in the northern city of Hasakeh is one of...

A Syrian father and son both missing limbs, whose feature in an international award-winning photograph inspired a fundraiser to relocate them to Italy, arrived at Rome's Fiumicino airport on Friday. Turkish photographer Mehmet Aslan's image which captured the hearts of the judges as well as...

Sudanese people held a 'day for martyrs' to commemorate those killed in the ongoing anti-coup protests on Friday. Many shouted slogans outside the homes of those killed. The death toll stands at 73 so far. Sudanese anti-coup protesters held a "day for the martyrs" Friday, gathering...

Germany on Friday reported a record number of daily coronavirus cases, with more than 140,000 new infections. The Robert Koch Institute (RKI), the country's disease control agency, confirmed 140,160 new COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours, and 170 coronavirus-related fatalities. The...