HANOI - Thousands of live cats destined "for consumption" have been seized in Hanoi after being smuggled from China, police said Thursday, but their fate still hangs in the balance. Cat meat, known locally as "little tiger", is an increasingly popular delicacy in Vietnam, and...

   (Zaman Al Wasl)- Syrian regime forces Wednesday have opened Babbila crossing after 45 days of sever siege and under pressure of rebels who threatened to end the cease-fire truce if the siege would be continued on the southern suburbs of Damascus. Activists reported 11...

By Angelina Jolie KHANKE, Iraq — I HAVE visited Iraq five times since 2007, and I have seen nothing like the suffering I’m witnessing now. I came to visit the camps and informal settlements where displaced Iraqis and Syrian refugees are desperately seeking shelter from the...

(Reuters) - Two Israel i soldiers and a Spanish peacekeeper were killed on Wednesday in an exchange of fire between Hezbollah and Israel that has raised the threat of a full-blown conflict between the militant Islamist group and Israel. In the biggest escalation since a 2006 war,...