The top U.N. human rights official repeated his call on Wednesday for a dilution of big powers' United Nations veto in cases of serious war crimes, but he gave little support to Syrian opposition hopes of strong-arming Russia over eastern Aleppo. Russian war planes have bombed rebel-held...

Writing by Ethar Abdulhaq (Zaman Al Wasl)- The Russian news agency TASS photographer, Valeriy Sharifulin, published recently a set of photos taken in regime-controlled areas of Aleppo, Damascus and Palmyra. Sharifulin revealed through his commentary on the photos-probably without knowing-...

A Palestinian man died after being shot during clashes in the occupied East Jerusalem neighborhood of Silwan Tuesday night. Ali Shyouki, 20, was injured by gunfire and died after ambulances were unable to reach him as roads had been blocked by Israeli forces due to the clashes, claimed the...

Islamic State militants have placed booby traps across the city of Mosul, dug tunnels and recruited children as spies in anticipation of an offensive to dislodge the jihadists from their Iraqi stronghold, Iraqis and U.S. officials said. Mosul, home to up to 1.5 million people, has been the...