Global rights watchdogs have called for the release of journalist Tawfiq Ghanem, a former regional director of Anadolu Agency who was arrested in May. “#Egypt: authorities arrested Toufic Ghanem, 66, a retired journalist, on 21 May, forcibly disappeared him for days & questioned him...

BEIJING (AP) — At least 12 people were killed and 39 seriously injured Sunday after a gas line explosion tore through a residential neighborhood in central China. Responders to the early morning blast in the city of Shiyan in Hubei province sent more than 150 people to the hospital,...

The Syrian regime has offered displaced farm lands  in northwestern Syria  in public auctions for leasing or investment, a human rights group said Sunday.   Syrians for Truth and Justice assured that the ownership of the  confiscated  lands belongs to...

Her eyes glued to a cellphone photo of her sister and four children killed in an Israeli strike on Gaza, Ola lets out the painful words: "I was hoping we'd find them alive." The Gaza City resident in her thirties wipes away tears as she stands before a psychologist from a local organisation....