French President Emmanuel Macron on Friday named Jean Castex, who coordinated France’s virus reopening strategy, as the country’s new prime minister. The relatively low-profile Castex replaces Edouard Philippe, who resigned earlier in the day. Macron is reshuffling the government to...

A cut in the army's food portions and supplies has sparked outrage among Bashar al-Assad's loyalists who considered the procedure as an insult for soldiers who sacrificed their lives to keep Assad on his throne.  The General Command of the Army and the Armed Forces issued a decision...

Western nations are moving to offer millions of Hong Kongers refuge after Beijing passed draconian security laws designed to choke the city's democracy movement -- but many obstacles prevent a mass exodus. The United Kingdom is leading allies in offering nearly half the city's 7.5 million...

Watching a combine harvester grind through his golden wheat, farmer Yahya Mahmoud is relieved the yield looks good this year, even as a tanking economy leaves millions hungry across war-torn Syria. Before the war erupted in 2011, Syria produced enough wheat to feed its entire population but...