The 2021 Nobel Peace Prize was awarded Friday to journalists Maria Ressa of the Philippines and Dmitry Muratov of Russia. The Norwegian Nobel Committee cited their fight for freedom of expression, stressing that it is vital in promoting peace. “Free, independent and fact-based...

A leading Syrian Kurdish politician said on Thursday the United States will stay on in Syria to destroy Islamic State, build infrastructure and remain a player in the search for a political settlement after more than 10 years of civil war. The Kurds, who live in the mountainous region...

In a stunning revelation, an independent commission Tuesday said that there were 216,000 cases of child sex abuse in the Catholic Church in France between 1950 and 2020. During a news conference, the French Independent Commission on Sexual Abuse in Church (CIASE) said anywhere from 2,900 to...

Passionately waiting to welcome young Palestinian researchers at the Birzeit University in occupied West Bank, Majdi Mafarja is happy to see his fellow Palestinians defying Israeli restrictions to take their ideas for creating breakthroughs to the Falling Wall Conference in Berlin. Falling...