UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Friday called for an "independent and transparent investigation" after 16 Palestinians were killed and hundreds more wounded during clashes with the Israeli military, a spokesman said. His call came as the UN Security Council heard fears of a...

 (Zaman Al Wasl) PHOTO- The unstoppable roar of Russia's warplanes has caused a heart attack for Lojain Said, taking the life of the school girl who lived in the northwestern town of Jisr al-Shughour, the Civil Defense rescuing group said Monday. As more than half million people...

Sergei Skripal, the former Russian spy poisoned in Britain, wrote to President Vladimir Putin several years ago asking for a pardon for selling secrets to British intelligence, a friend told the BBC on Saturday. Vladimir Timoshkov said his old school friend -- who had moved to Britain...

 Syrian rebels agreed to surrender a second besieged enclave in eastern Ghouta Friday, state television reported, as their comrades in another insurgent pocket in the area continued their withdrawal after a month-long assault by the army. Capturing eastern Ghouta, near the capital...