(Reuters) - Egyptian authorities are using the courts to stifle journalism, Amnesty International said on Sunday in a report that listed 18 reporters and media workers jailed and dozens more facing criminal investigations. The New York-based rights group said several...

 A photo collects senior Syrian Islamist commanders has sparked a barrage of questions on social media as rebels close to overthrow Bashar al-Assad for the first time in four-year fighting. Jaysh al-Islam commander, Zahran Alloush, accompanied by commander of Ahrar al-Sham Movement,...

London (AFP) - Prince William's wife Kate gave birth to a baby girl on Saturday, sparking celebrations in Britain for the royal family's new fourth in line to the throne. The beaming couple left the hospital carrying the newborn princess in front of hundreds of screaming well-wishers and amid...

The leader of the Islamic State (Isis), Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, remains incapacitated due to suspected spinal damage and is being treated by two doctors who travel to his hideout from the group’s stronghold of Mosul, the Guardian has learned. More than two months after being injured in a US...