Britain insisted on Sunday that the European Union should shift position to open the way for a breakthrough in post-Brexit trade talks, with health minister Matt Hancock saying on Sunday the bloc should drop its “unreasonable demands”. With less than two weeks before Britain leaves the...

Inside a dusty and dark workshop on the banks of the Jaghjagh river in northeast Syria, Misak Antranik Petros uses an ancient pottery wheel to throw different shapes from clay. The 85-year-old Syrian potter of Armenian origin said his family has practised the craft for more than 450 years....

Germany has organized the return of three women and 12 children from camps in northeastern Syria for humanitarian reasons. Foreign Minister Heiko Maas on Sunday did not further identify the women or children, who were flown back to Germany on Saturday. However, the German weekly Bild am...

The coronavirus tally has kept rising in Latin America, with the countries reporting more than 1,800 new fatalities and 85,000 cases over the past day. Brazil A total of 706 people lost their lives due to COVID-19 in the last 24 hours, bringing the total number of deaths to 186,356,...