Latakia fire brigade extinguished 43 fires within a week that broke out in separate areas of the coastal city and its countryside, local media reported.   Major. Muhannad Jaafar, head of the Latakia fire brigade, said most of the fires broke in bundles of dried herbs and grassy...

BOGOTA, Colombia Countries across Latin America reported new COVID-19 infections and fatalities on late Friday, according to official data. Brazil A total of 2,216 people lost their lives to the coronavirus in Brazil over the past 24 hours, bringing the tally to 484,235,...

Aid agencies are warning of a looming humanitarian catastrophe if the UN Security Council fails to renew a resolution allowing lifesaving aid delivered cross-border to reach Syria. The resolution is set to expire in exactly a month’s time on July 10th. NGOs are warning that a failure to renew...

The UN's top expert on human rights in Myanmar warned Wednesday of "massive loss of life" due to starvation and disease in eastern Kayah state as junta forces continue a deadly crackdown.  "The junta’s brutal, indiscriminate attacks are threatening the lives of many thousands of men,...