A total of 116 cities in the northeastern Brazilian state of Bahia were in a state of emergency because of flooding on Tuesday due to heavy rains that have been pounding the region since the end of November. Cities in at least five other states in Brazil's north and southeast have also been...

 Fires erupted in Latakia Port's container storage area following an Israeli missile attack, state-run media reported on Tuesday. The attack, the second in December, damaged facades of a hospital, some residential buildings and shops "The Israeli "aggression" caused big...

  Israeli missiles fired from the Mediterranean struck the port of Latakia early Tuesday, igniting a fire in the container terminal, Syrian state media reported, in the second such attack on the vital facility this month. It is also a rare targeting of the port handling most imports for...

 Electricity shortage has done what mortar shells or bombs couldn't: depriving the Damascus residents of Christmas, a day which they used to enjoy and is emblematic of the inspiring peace between the country's Muslims and Christians. In the Bab Touma district, a part of the Old City of...