Two protesters were shot dead on Tuesday in renewed demonstrations against Kurdish political parties in the northern, Kurdish-run region of Iraq, two local officials said. The officials, including a health source, said one protester had been shot dead by guards of the headquarters of the...

 Abdullah Al-Najjar, a 15-year-old displaced boy, uses a small, wood and iron wagon to move around and in front his house in Salqin town in northwestern dlib province, because of his disability that was the result of brain tissue damage at birth. Abdullah's...

The world can't forget the plight of Syrian refugees this winter despite the global upheaval caused by Covid-19, fantasy author Neil Gaiman said on Tuesday as he helped launch the UN refugee programme's cold weather appeal. The award-winning writer said the pandemic had exposed weaknesses...

The UN General Assembly on Tuesday adopted a resolution calling on Russia to end its occupation of Crimea and to withdraw from Ukraine. "It urges the Russian Federation, as the occupying Power, to immediately, completely and unconditionally withdraw its military forces from Crimea and end...