Nearly 260 million children had no access to schooling in 2018, the United Nations education agency said in a report Tuesday that blamed poverty and discrimination for educational inequalities that are being exacerbated by the coronavirus outbreak. Children from poorer communities as well...

President Donald Trump on Tuesday faced another difficult day in office with the publication of a tell-all book by former National Security Advisor, John Bolton, after efforts to block the book release failed in a US court. Bolton’s book, “The Room Where It Happened,” is an account of...

Saudi Arabia this year will limit the annual Hajj pilgrimage to people living inside the country due to the COVID-19 pandemic, shutting the doors to pilgrims from abroad. Only a limited number of people from all nationalities living in Saudi Arabia will be allowed to perform the annual...

Hundreds of thousands of Syrians searching for their relatives have stepped up their efforts after the US adopted the Caesar Act, a law which imposes sanctions on the Syrian regime for war crimes. Families, who have long given up on ever finding their relatives, click on web links...