The global death toll from Covid-19 topped 5 million on Monday, less than two years into a crisis that has not only devastated poor countries but also humbled wealthy ones with first-rate health care systems. Together, the United States, the European Union, Britain and Brazil — all...

The Syrian opposition factions thwarted an infiltration attempt by the regime forces and Iran-backed militias in northern Aleppo, military sources told Zaman al-Wasl.    The factions of the Al-Fateh Al-Mubeen Operations Room managed to repel an infiltration attempt by two groups of...

TOKYO (AP) — A man dressed in Batman's Joker costume and brandishing a knife on a Tokyo commuter train on Sunday stabbed several passengers before starting a fire, which sent people scrambling to escape and jumping from windows, police and witnesses said. The Tokyo Fire Department said 17...

Seven Syrians face deportation from Turkey after posting videos of themselves eating bananas on social media amid wider complaints about the supposed lifestyle of refugees, a Turkish news agency reported Saturday. The seven, plus a Syrian minor, were detained in the western city of Izmir on...