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Nearly 300 rescued migrants reach southern Italian port

ROME (AP) — Nearly 300 migrants disembarked in the southern Italian port of Taranto on Saturday after their rescue at sea in five different operations by the crew of a humanitarian vessel operated by Doctors Without Borders. About half of the 293 rescued passengers on the Geo Barents were...

WHO Syria boss accused of corruption, fraud, abuse, AP finds

LONDON (AP) — Staffers at the World Health Organization’s Syrian office have alleged that their boss mismanaged millions of dollars, plied government officials with gifts -- including computers, gold coins and cars -- and acted frivolously as COVID-19 swept the country. More than 100...

24 missing in "Tartus boat"; families accuse Assad regime

A group of families appealed to the missing youth in the "death boat" that sank off Arwad Island in Tartus province on September 20 to reveal the fate of their sons, accusing the Assad regime and its intelligence of being responsible for their disappearance, especially since the missing are only...