A top UN expert urged global governments Monday to ban the "degrading" practice known as conversion therapy, which aims to change a person's sexual orientation or gender identity. The call came as new United Nations research said the widely discredited treatment was used in at least 100...

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres discussed the situation in Syria and Libya in a phone talk on Monday. The diplomats discussed in detail efforts of Russia and Turkey to stabilize the situation and ensure a cease-fire in Syria's Idlib...

A total of 125 civilians, including 26 children and six women, were killed in Syria this May, mostly as a result of bombings, a rights group said on Monday. Of these fatalities, the Syrian regime forces killed 10 civilians, including two women, while Russian forces killed one civilian,...

La Liga clubs returned to full training Monday for the first time in almost three months as Real Madrid and Barcelona stepped up preparations ahead of the season restarting on June 11. It has been 82 days since the Spanish top-flight suspended fixtures due to the coronavirus pandemic and...