Syria regime boycotted a hearing at the United Nations' top court on Tuesday where the Netherlands and Canada accused Damascus of a years-long campaign of “institutionalized” torture against its own people. The hearing was focused on a preliminary Dutch and Canadian request for the...

BANGKOK (AP) — Flooding triggered by heavy monsoon rains in Myanmar’s southern areas has displaced more than 14,000 people and disrupted traffic on the rail lines that connect the country’s biggest cities, officials and state-run media said Monday. State television MRTV reported Monday...

Dozens of people held a demonstration Sunday in the British seaside resort city of Brighton to show support for Palestine amid the ongoing Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Some 100 people gathered in the city center around 2 p.m. local time (1300GMT). Carrying Palestinian flags and signs,...

All members of a family of six were killed in an attack by Israeli warplanes on the blockaded Gaza Strip, according to local sources on Sunday, as fierce fighting continued a day after surprise attack by Hamas inside Israel. Israeli warplanes targeted the house of the Shaban family in the...