Agaunt old man extends his arms in excitement as a young woman runs toward him just outside an airport terminal. This is a common scene in such places where people meet their loved ones, even after brief flights. But the story of Ammar Haidar and his daughter Marwa was different. This was their...

Top officials at the World Health Organization say there's not enough evidence to show that third doses of coronavirus vaccines are needed and appealed Monday for the scarce shots to be shared with poor countries who have yet to immunize their people instead of being used by rich countries as...

BEIJING (AP) — Fed up with work stress, Guo Jianlong quit a newspaper job in Beijing and moved to China’s mountain southwest to “lie flat.” Guo joined a small but visible handful of Chinese urban professionals who are rattling the ruling Communist Party by rejecting grueling careers...

The Syrian Network for Human Rights (SNHR) said Thursday that extrajudicial killing claimed the lives of 723 civilians in the first half of 2021, noting that 95 civilians were documented killed in June 2021, including 22 children, eight women and 11 individuals due to torture.   The...