Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam acknowledged on Tuesday that the record turnout in local elections won by opposition, pro-democracy candidates highlighted dissatisfaction with her administration, while appealing for an end to violent protests. Appearing tired and drawn, Lam spoke a day after...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- In Syria, war has left its mark on everything, even on the relationship between mothers and their newborns, leaving a rift between them discerned in the declining breastfeeding practice. According to the observations of doctors in clinics and hospitals, operating in the...

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov voiced concern on Monday over possible interference in the work of the Syrian Constitutional Committee in Geneva. Speaking at a news conference in Moscow, Lavrov said "there are many supporters" of the disruption of the committee's work. "There is...

Saudi Arabia has detained at least nine people including academics and writers in the latest in a series of public crackdowns over the past two years, campaigners said on Monday. Journalists, bloggers and activists were among the nine arrested in a crackdown that began on November 16,...