The world will see a 60% increase in cancer cases over the next two decades if current trends continue, the World Health Organization (WHO) has warned. “The greatest increase [an estimated 81%] in new cases will occur in low- and middle-income countries where survival rates are currently...

An air defense system at Syria’s Hmeimim air base has downed two drones near the facility, Syria’s Ikhbariya state TV reported on Monday, citing its correspondent. It gave no further details. The air base is currently operated by Russia, which intervened in Syria’s war in 2015 in...

Germany on Monday warned against a grave humanitarian catastrophe in northwestern Syria amid recent attacks by the regime and its allies. Addressing a conference in Berlin organized by the German armed forces, Defense Minister Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer expressed deep concern over recent...

Police on the Greek island of Lesbos on Monday fired tear gas at hundreds of migrants protesting against tougher new asylum rules, officials said. Brandishing makeshift signs with the word "freedom", some 2,000 men and women walked out of the overpopulated camp of Moria to demonstrate....