Japan's former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was assassinated Friday by a gunman who opened fire on him as he delivered a campaign speech on a street in western Japan. Here's a global look at other high-profile assassinations in the 21st century: — Oct. 15, 2021: British lawmaker David...

The UN High Commissioner for Refugees refuses to send Syrian refugees back to their country from Lebanon, a Lebanese minister has said, in an official response to a plan announced by a cabinet minister earlier this month. Minister of the Displaced in Lebanon’s caretaker government, Issam...

BEIRUT: Lebanon plans to start sending back tens of thousands of Syrian refugees within months over objections by the UN and rights groups, a minister said in an interview on Wednesday. Lebanon has one of the world’s highest numbers of refugees per capita and currently hosts over 1...

A retired soldier, identified as I.D., had been reportedly raping children in the Al-Qaa area, in Baalbeck governorate, and committing other crimes such as drug trafficking, for more than three years. On Wednesday, June 29, a unit of the army intelligence raided his house and arrested him...