Regime army has captured a strategically important town in Idlib in the rebels’ last major enclave, a war monitor and a military media unit run by its ally Hezbollah reported on Sunday. The capture of al-Hobeit represents the most significant advance the army has made in Idlib...

A Russian man with diabetes was in a serious condition in hospital Sunday after being detained over opposition protests and deprived of insulin, Russian media reported. Dmitry Vasilyev, a 43-year-old television director who was detained for "mass disorder" at a recent Moscow protest,...

A French man was charged in Greece on Sunday over a boat accident that left two dead and another person seriously injured, state TV ERT reported. The 44-year-old was charged with negligent manslaughter by a prosecutor and given 24 hours to prepare his defence, ERT said. The...

A Palestinian who shot at Israeli soldiers along the Gaza border Sunday was killed when troops returned fire, the army and Hamas' Health Ministry said, in the third such incident in recent days. Israel's army said in a statement that the Palestinian shot toward troops, who returned...