The Scottish parliament, in a symbolic motion, voted overwhelmingly on Tuesday to reject Britain's march towards the EU exit, with the semi-autonomous government warning Scotland would not be "humiliated." The Scottish government said the vote – backed by nearly three quarters of Scottish...

(New York Times)- Marhaf Homsi was not impressed with the baklava situation in New York. The pastries were too sweet for his taste, and there was often a filler like semolina mixed in with the nuts. The nuts themselves were pulverized and powdery, ruining the texture of the confection....

(The Globe And Mail)- It has been nearly two months since Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s forces captured the besieged city of Aleppo, with support from Russia and Iran, wreaking carnage upon the civilian population and thrusting the Syrian crisis back onto the front pages of newspapers....

 A Saudi billionaire's pan-Arab TV news channel was declared "dead" on Tuesday, ending a two-year search for a new home after it was shut down by the Bahraini authorities. Bahrain pulled the plug on the Alarab News Channel in February 2015 after it aired an interview with a Shiite...