Dubai-based airline Emirates Airline said Friday it rerouted flights to avoid "areas of possible conflict", a day after Iran shot down a US reconnaissance drone over the Strait of Hormuz. Some of the world's leading carriers, including British Airways, Qantas and Singapore Airlines,...

Several hundred people rallied in Hong Kong Friday after the expiry of a deadline protesters set for the government to completely scrap a controversial extradition bill, in the latest wave of protests in the Chinese-ruled city. Demonstrators, mostly students dressed in black, gathered...

Regime bombardment killed 15 civilians including seven children and three rescue workers in jihadist-run northwest Syria Thursday, as fighting killed dozens on the edges of the anti-government bastion. The Idlib region, home to some three million people, is supposed to be protected by a...

Fighting raged in northwest Syria Thursday with clashes between regime forces and extremist-led fighters killing 130 combatants in two days, a monitoring group said. The Idlib region, home to some three million people, is supposed to be protected by a months-old international truce deal,...