Syrian regime forces backed up by Russian warplanes led a deadly campaign against its citizens in the country’s northwest on Thursday, killing 28 people, at least seven of whom were civilians, a war monitor said on Friday, despite a ceasefire announced by Moscow just a day earlier....

A record number of people in South Sudan face a critical lack of food. A new report by the government and the United Nations says almost seven million people, or more than 60% of the population, are at risk. The report released Friday says almost two million people are near starvation nine...

For 13-year-old Taha Aboud, who dreams of becoming an engineer, war in Libya’s capital Tripoli has meant his family fleeing their home and him missing studies as they searched for a new school. “I’m happy to be back at school. I hope to become a technology engineer one day ...I love...

After losing her husband, a son and her home to Syria's eight-year war, Yusra al-Shomali and her daughters found refuge in rebel-held territory near the Turkish border. But as a Syrian army offensive intensifies, their safety may be put at risk. Shomali's experience of fear, siege, hunger,...