A powerful blast caused by a suicide bomber hit a heavily policed district of the capital on Thursday with at least seven killed, a police source told state television. The source was quoted by state television as saying a suicide bomber blew himself in the Kafr Sousa neighbourhood...

London's Heathrow Airport says dozens of flights have been cancelled amid forecasts of snow and strong winds in Britain. Heathrow, Europe's busiest airport, said 80 out of about 1,350 flights scheduled Thursday have been cancelled pre-emptively because of the wintry weather. Britain's...

The Syrian Network for Human Rights said in new report the Syrian regime helicopters had dropped 12,958 barrel bombs in 2016 on rebel-held areas throughout Syria. Most of these barrel bombs were dropped in Damascus suburbs, followed by Aleppo and then Hama, Idlib, Daraa, and Homs....

Industrial action brought fresh disruption for travellers in Britain Tuesday as rail workers and airline cabin crew walked off the job, the day after a major strike on the London Underground. British Airways was forced to cancel 48 flights over two days at London's Heathrow airport after...