Hong Kong’s extradition bill demonstrations have mutated into a much bigger and more complex animal, ripping open old wounds and expanding a political fight as the city battens down for a summer of protests. The demonstrations pop up almost daily, often with little notice, as activists...

The World Health Organization on Wednesday declared Congo’s Ebola outbreak an international health emergency, sounding a rarely used global alarm after the virus threatened to spread to a major city and into neighbouring countries. Despite a highly effective vaccine and a swift...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- At least  31 Civil Defense facilities were hit by the Syrian regime and allied Russian forces in the 2-month-old offensive on northwestern Syria,  according to the Syrian Network for Human Rights (SNHR). The London-based monitoring group said in a 26-page...

The Syrian regime said a gas plant resumed operations Monday after repairs to a key pipeline put out of service by a sabotage attack at the weekend. "The Ebla gas plant resumed production at full capacity" at dawn Monday after repair of the sabotaged pipeline, the Ministry of Oil and...