The Aleppo that Ibrahim al-Haj's son Laith was born into 10 months ago is now being destroyed. The opposition-held districts of the Syrian city have been surrounded and under siege for months. Russian and Syrian warplanes are bombing the streets into rubble and government forces are chipping...

(The Daily Star)- An Egyptian court confirmed a 20-year prison sentence against former president Mohamed Morsi Saturday, judicial sources told Reuters. It is the first final verdict against Morsi on charges arising from the killing of protesters during demonstrations in 2012. Morsi,...

At least 60 were killed when a packed passenger train derailed between Cameroon's two main cities, a hospital source in the capital Yaounde said Saturday, giving a new toll the day after the accident. Almost 600 people were injured when the train, travelling from Yaounde to the economic hub...

(The Daily Star)- The Greek authorities Saturday hit back at U.N. criticism of its decision to return a group of Syrians to Turkey. The U.N.'s refugee agency, UNHCR, Friday said in a statement it was "seriously concerned" by Greece's decision to return 10 Syrian asylum seekers to Turkey,...