Syrian cartoonist Akram Raslan passed away under torture in Bashar al-Assad security chambers, the International Cartoonists Rights Network said .   Dr. Robert Russell, Executive Director of Cartoonists Rights Network International said in a statement ,...

  This year’s  hajj  is likely to be one of the safest in recent years. Saudi Arabia has secured the holy city of Makkah for the arrival of millions of hajjis. The equipment list is vast, the personnel well-trained, and with the installation of 1,166 CCTV cameras...

Classical Lebanese singer and actor, Wadih El Safi, died at the age of 92 on Friday evening after being taken to the hospital due to illness, reported the official Lebanese news agency. “The artist was present at the home of his son Tony in Mansuriyya (East Beirut) and was immediately...

Three deadly Mediterranean shipwrecks that claimed the lives of hundreds of would-be asylum-seekers fleeing war and repression sharpened calls Saturday for humanitarian corridors to allow safe passage to Europe. At least 34 people drowned in Maltese waters south of the Italian island of...