North Koreans are forced to pay bribes to officials to survive in their isolated country where corruption is “endemic” and repression rife, the U.N. human rights office said on Tuesday in a report that Pyongyang dismissed as politically motivated. The report said officials extorted...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Residents of the capital’ southern suburbs called on the Syrian regime to accelerate reconstruction, secure infrastructure and restore electricity and water to the region. According to the Action Group for Palestinians of Syria, the residents of Yarmouk Refugee Camp,...

Outside her makeshift tent, Syrian mother Mona Mutayr lays out a frugal meal of potatoes and cucumber as her family marks their first Ramadan since being displaced by war. The holy Islamic month is usually one of celebration, with Muslims fasting from dawn to dusk and gathering around a...

The head of Lebanon's Shiite movement Hezbollah warned Saturday that a long-delayed US peace plan could see Palestinian refugees permanently settled in host countries across the region. Speaking days after the US announced a May conference in Bahrain to lay out economic aspects of its...