Voters went to the polls in Niger on Sunday for an election that could seal a first peaceful handover between elected presidents, against the backdrop of a bloody jihadist insurgency. The West African country, unstable since gaining independence from France 60 years ago, is ranked the...

At least three Syrian farmers were killed in an attack by the Bashar al-Assad regime forces in the northern province of Idlib on Saturday. Violating a ceasefire signed between Turkey and Russia on March 5, the regime forces carried out an artillery strike on a village near Hama, killing...

Israeli warplanes conducted airstrikes in the blockaded Gaza Strip, local sources said early Saturday. Sources in Gaza said the air force hit the al-Bureij refugee camp in central Gaza and the Deir al-Balah region. A children's hospital, a residential area and a rehabilitation center...

Lebanon registered 14 new coronavirus-related deaths and 2,136 cases Friday, as Caretaker Health Minister Hamad Hasan announced that one new registered coronavirus case on a flight from Britain carried the new variant of the virus.