British Home Secretary Priti Patel is set to announce a new pilot five-year visa scheme favouring high-skilled refugees in a move that has been condemned by critics for creating a system that could make it harder for those fleeing dangerous environments from getting a UK work visa. Patel...

Tension intensified in Lebanon on Friday, with riots leaving more than two dozen people injured in the northern city of Tripoli, including five soldiers who were attacked with a hand grenade. France, the European Union and the United States in the meantime called on Lebanese politicians to...

Lebanese politician Saad al-Hariri abandoned his effort to form a new government on Thursday, saying it was clear he would not be able to reach an agreement with President Michel Aoun, plunging the country deeper into crisis. Lebanon is suffering an economic depression the World Bank has...

Agaunt old man extends his arms in excitement as a young woman runs toward him just outside an airport terminal. This is a common scene in such places where people meet their loved ones, even after brief flights. But the story of Ammar Haidar and his daughter Marwa was different. This was their...