BERLIN (AP) — An explosion at an industrial park for chemical companies shook the German city of Leverkusen on Tuesday, sending a large black cloud rising into the air. At least 16 people were injured and five remain missing. Germany’s Federal Office for Civil Protection and Disaster...

A draft U.N. Security Council resolution circulated Friday would authorize the delivery of humanitarian aid to Syria across the borders of Turkey and Iraq, but Syria’s close ally Russia holds the key to its adoption. Russia has come under intense pressure from the U.N., U.S. and...

 Russia previewed a showdown with the United Nations, United States and Western nations Wednesday over the delivery of humanitarian aid to rebel-held northwest Syria from Turkey, rejecting their warnings that closing the only border crossing will leave more than 1 million people without...

Syrian Prime Minister Hussein Arnous stressed the need to benefit from the rubbish sector and launch projects to treat it in partnership with the private sector and turn it into a source of income.   Local media reported that the director of waste treatments in Damascus suburbs, Maurice...