Hundreds of people stranded on hurricane-ravaged Great Abaco in the Bahamas waited Friday for a way off the islands as the death toll rose to 43 and rescue and recovery crews arrived with body bags and coolers. The number of fatalities is expected to rise as the extent of the damage becomes...

There were many times throughout his life when 17-year-old Nour could have become just another grim statistic. The numbers were always against him. He was a young boy when the Syrian war began, and when his hometown of Moadamyeh was bombed and besieged by government forces. He could...

 A 17-year-old student who arrived in Ireland from Syria four years ago with only basic English skills has scored more than 600 points in her Leaving Cert. Nour Aljarad, who claimed asylum in Ireland in 2015 with her family, has secured a place to study dentistry at Trinity College...

A government military base in the Lower Shabelle region of Somalia was struck by car bombs and gunfire Wednesday, residents said, and the al Qaeda-linked al Shabaab group claimed responsibility for the attack. The mid-morning attack occurred in Awdhigle, an agricultural district along the...