Demonstrators crowded the arrivals hall at Hong Kong airport on Friday, handing out anti-government leaflets and waving banners in a dozen languages in an effort to raise awareness among visitors ahead of a weekend of protests planned across the city. Several hundred protesters, mostly...

At least 267 members of Syrian civil defense agency White Helmets have been killed in attacks since 2012. According to a White Helmets report, the deaths include 240 people who died in attacks perpetrated by the Bashar al-Assad regime and Russian forces. Since April 26, four civil...

A new team established by the global chemical weapons watchdog to attribute blame for the use of banned munitions in Syria will investigate nine alleged attacks during the country's civil war, including in the town of Douma, sources briefed on the matter told Reuters. The Organization for...

Europeans were safer from jihadist attacks last year than at any point since Islamic State set up its caliphate in 2014, but a number of foiled attacks including plots to use poison chemicals show that the threat still endures, police agency Europol said. Thirteen people were killed and 46...