(Zaman Al Wasl)- Muslims around the world celebrate the religious day of Ashura as a commemoration of the death of the Prophet Muhammad’s grandson Imam Hussein. Ceremonies of this day are practiced in a bizarre and bloody way, in which men punish themselves and cause pain to themselves...

In a dank flat in southwestern France, 23-year-old Nasir stares at a living room wall bare except for a list of emergency numbers and contemplates life for his asylum-seeking family outside the migrant camp in Calais that had become home. Nasir volunteered his family for resettlement days...

As Hurricane Matthew roared across southwestern Haiti, Joselien Jean-Baptiste huddled with his family while the wind whipped at his little house. When it was finally safe to venture outside at dawn the 60-year-old farmer realized his troubles had only just begun. The storm knocked down part...

A senior rebel commander said on Friday that Syrian government forces would never be able to capture Aleppo's opposition-held east, more than three weeks into a ferocious offensive, but a military source said the operation was going as planned. Russian air strikes were proving of little help...