The investigation into the murder in France of a teacher for showing cartoons of the Prophet Mohammed in class turned to Syria Thursday, where the killer had a Islamist militant contact, a source close to the case said. Seven people have been charged with being complicit in a "terrorist...

Asked about her dreams for the future, nine-year-old Salam al-Munir responds solemnly: "For the war to end and to go back to the innocence of my childhood, like the rest of the world's children". Salam returned to her village of al-Nayrab in the eastern Idlib province last week for the first...

The United States and China dealt with the spread of the devastating coronavirus pandemic in vastly different ways, and that split is reshaping the global battle between the world's two leading economies. About 11 months after the Wuhan outbreak, China's official GDP numbers this week show...

Spain became the first Western European country to pass the grim milestone of 1 million confirmed coronavirus infections on Wednesday, as more of the country’s regions announced new measures to curb the contagion. Spain’s Health Ministry reported 16,973 new COVID-19 cases on Wednesday...