Melbourne (AFP) - Serena Williams won her sixth Australian Open and 19th career Grand Slam with a hard-fought win over bitter rival Maria Sharapova on Saturday, consolidating her place among the game's legends. The 6-3, 7-6 (7/5) triumph means the American world number one...

By Angelina Jolie KHANKE, Iraq — I HAVE visited Iraq five times since 2007, and I have seen nothing like the suffering I’m witnessing now. I came to visit the camps and informal settlements where displaced Iraqis and Syrian refugees are desperately seeking shelter from the...

  As Salman bin Abdulaziz becomes the new king of Saudi Arabia, he is not expected to make any significant policy changes regarding falling oil prices, the economy and relations with other states in the Middle East, experts say.  "We actually predict King Salman to...

Kokkinotrimithia (Cyprus) (AFP) - It costs thousands of euros for a false passport and place on a boat to Turkey, but Syrian refugees stranded in Cyprus are ready to try anything. After already paying thousands last year to take a boat from Syria that was abandoned by smugglers at...