Saudi officials have hailed as “historic” new rights granted to women in Saudi Arabia that further dismantle its heavily criticized guardianship system, but male relatives could still find ways to thwart these freedoms. Thousands of Saudi women took to social media to celebrate royal...

The death toll of the deadly explosion at the Shayrat air base in central Homs province has reached a total of 31, an activist group said. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said it was unclear what had caused the deadly explosion at the Shayrat air base in Homs province....

Tens of millions of people on Indonesia's heavily populated Java island were affected by a widespread electricity outage Sunday after the state utility PLN reported disruptions at several power plants. The shutdown plunged buildings in the sprawling capital Jakarta -- home to some 30...

A blast killed 20 regime forces at a military airport in central Homs province on Saturday, an activist group and pro-regime Russia Today TV said. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, which is based in Britain and relies on a network of sources on the ground, said it was still...