The head of the World Health Organization warned against the idea that herd immunity might be a realistic strategy to stop the pandemic, dismissing such proposals as "simply unethical." At a media briefing Monday, WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said health officials...

Syrian President Bashar Assad has made a rare public visit to the coastal province of Latakia where he toured areas that suffered heavy damage in last week’s wildfires that killed three people, state media reported Tuesday. Assad’s public visits to areas around Syria have been rare...

In 2019, President Donald Trump made a controversial decision to withdraw U.S. troops from Northeast Syria, essentially greenlighting a Turkish-led invasion of areas controlled by America’s Kurdish allies. He recently downplayed the consequences of that decision. “They’ve been fighting...

Over 700 people were detained in Belarus during mass protests against the re-election of the country's authoritarian leader in a disputed election - the harshest crackdown in weeks on protesters. The Belarusian Interior Ministry reported Monday that 713 people were detained during rallies...