Death toll from a powerful typhoon that struck parts of the Philippines last week on Christmas has risen to 47, according to official media on Monday. The number of injured has also climbed to 143 while nine others are reportedly missing in the wake of the storm's landfall, the state-run...

The streets of one of the first towns to rise up against the Syrian regime lie empty and broken after most of its residents fled an expected advance by Russia-backed Syrian forces. The retaking of Maraat al-Numan in Idlib province would be a deeply symbolic victory for the regime of...

Mobile internet was cut on Friday in parts of India's most populous state and thousands of riot police were deployed as authorities readied for fresh protests over a citizenship law seen as anti-Muslim. Twenty-seven people have died in two weeks of at times violent demonstrations after...

 (Zaman Al Wasl)- The Syrian National Army has arrested 15 members of Al-Hamza Division, key unit in the Turkish-backed forces, who threatened Kurdish detainees with sexual assault in the border town of Ras al-Ayn northern Syria, activists told Zaman al-Wasl Thursday. A former...