A former member of Syrian President Bashar Assad's secret police was convicted Wednesday by a German court of facilitating the torture of prisoners in a landmark ruling that human rights activists hope will set a precedent for other cases in the decade-long conflict. Eyad Al-Gharib was...

The Biden administration is moving slowly but surely toward reengaging with the Palestinians after a near total absence of official contact during former President Donald Trump’s four years in office. As American officials plan steps to restore direct ties with the Palestinian...

The trial of seven people accused of involvement in the smuggling of former Nissan chairman Carlos Ghosn out of Japan has resumed in Turkey. The fourth hearing got underway on Wednesday in Istanbul. In the previous hearing, Turkish prosecutors sought the maximum possible 12 years in...

Three people were killed over two days in clashes in the southeastern Iranian town of Saravan near the border with Pakistan, the semiofficial ILNA news agency reported. An angry mob stormed the district governor’s office Tuesday, a day after shootings of fuel smugglers at the border...