The Assad regime on Sunday attacked the besieged Damascus suburb of Eastern Ghouta with chlorine gas, according to the White Helmets, a pro-opposition Syrian civil defense agency. One child was killed in the attack which targeted the Al-Shifoniya town, the agency said on its official...

 British police declared a major incident on Sunday after a large blast destroyed a convenience store and a home in the central English city of Leicester. Ambulance services reported that four people were admitted to hospital in critical condition. "We have taken four patients to...

The downing of an Israeli F-16 fighter jet earlier this month by a Syrian anti-aircraft missile resulted from a "professional error" by the crew, the Israeli military said Sunday. Its investigation found that an anti-aircraft missile shot down the Israeli warplane while it was returning...

Chancellor Angela Merkel has unveiled her picks for Cabinet ministers, ahead of a special party congress of her Christian Democratic Union (CDU) on Monday, which would vote on forming a "grand coalition" government with Social Democrats. Speaking at a press conference in Berlin on...