Updates:    At least 18 civilians, including 4 children, were killed in regime bombing, local activists said Thursday. - At least 47 regime troops have been killed in a fresh death toll.   - Rebels took control of the intelligence and army checkpoints...

TOKYO (AP) — Tokyo reported 3,177 new coronavirus cases on Wednesday, setting an all-time high and exceeding 3,000 for the first time days after the start of the Olympics. The new cases exceeded the earlier record of 2,848 set the previous day and brought the total for the Japanese capital...

Besieged civilians of Daraa al-Balad, the capital of southern Daraa province, have made a public appeal to the Syrian regime to flee the city, seeking to escape a wide-scale attack by Russia-backed regime forces that left two people dead, local activists said Tuesday.   The...

BERLIN (AP) — An explosion at an industrial park for chemical companies shook the German city of Leverkusen on Tuesday, sending a large black cloud rising into the air. At least 16 people were injured and five remain missing. Germany’s Federal Office for Civil Protection and Disaster...