DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — A computer-graphic-soaked advertisement featuring Australian actor and Hollywood heartthrob Chris Hemsworth beckons the world to Dubai's upcoming Expo 2020, promising a “world of pure imagination” as children without facemasks race across a futuristic...

ALEPPO, Syria — Hassan al-Sheikh and Khaled al-Jajah are two Syrian young men who are looking at death sentences issued by Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) on charges of collaborating with the US-led international coalition. The two men had been arrested nearly a year ago in Syria’s northwestern...

 Millions of people in Syria and Iraq are at risk of losing access to water, electricity and food amid rising temperatures, record low water levels due to lack of rainfall and drought, international aid groups warned Monday. The two neighboring countries, both battered by years of...

The Syrian regime forces on Monday have launched a major offensive on an opposition enclave in the southern city of Daraa as Russia's mediation failed to cease escalations, local activists said. The regime army backed by the Iran-led militias stepped up aerial and artillery...