Five Yay Ma Hsay -- or 'unwashed' as the jade miners of northern Myanmar are known -- arrived early Thursday at the pit to scrape out a living on a scraggy hillside, lured by the prospect of finding a stone that could transform their lives. But only three would return, the others victims of...

The wife of a self-described aid worker stripped of his British nationality has called for his release after he was detained by extremist in Syria's last major rebel bastion. Tauqir Sharif, 33, was detained on June 22 by Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), a dominant group in Syria's...

Clashes between Russia-backed Syrian regime forces and the Daesh group have killed more than 40 fighters on the two sides in just 48 hours, a Britain-based war monitor said Saturday. Fighting and Russian air strikes in the central desert province of Homs since late Thursday have taken...

 A Syrian police officer was killed and two civilians injured Friday in a roadside bomb in the Turkish-held city of Afrin in northwestern Syria.   The bomb rocked a crowded place in the city center, a security source told Turkish Anadolu Agency. Ten days ago, a rigged...