For years, social media platforms have fueled political polarization and hosted an explosion of hate speech. Now, with four months until the US presidential election and the country’s divisions reaching a boiling point, these companies are upping their game against bigotry and threats of...

Since the beginning of peaceful demonstrations in Mach 2011, the Syrian regime has used all brutal and inhumane means to silence the voice of the revolution, randomly arresting thousands of civilians and detaining them in Assad’s prisons and security branches to be experience the most...

More than a dozen pro-Iran fighters arrested in an unprecedented raid by elite Iraqi forces were released Monday and the case against them dropped, their group's spokesman said. Counter-terrorism forces detained the Kataeb Hezbollah members late Thursday for allegedly planning a rocket...

The COVID-19 pandemic is not even close to being over, World Health Organization chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus told a briefing Monday. Tedros noted that, six months after China first alerted the WHO to a novel respiratory infection, the grim milestones of 10 million confirmed infections...