At least 283 people have been killed in Haiti as the death toll continues to rise after Hurricane Matthew cut a path through parts of the country, according to reports Thursday. The interior ministry warned that the number could still increase as waters recede and rescue workers reach the...

By Andrew Mitchell (The Independent)- As we survey the international catastrophe that is Syria today and reflect on the uncomfortable analogy between the UN’s failure and humiliation at the hands of Russia and the defeat of the League of Nations in the 1930s at the hands of Germany and...

(Eqtsad)- Many cases of food poisoning have been seen in Qaboun neighbourhood Eastern of Damascus, many of them needed treatment in hospital. Abo Hassan told Eqtsad that he bought pieces of ice to use them in cooling drinking water, however, the very next day he with his family suffered of...

A soldier was martyred in a PKK bomb attack in eastern Turkey’s Van province Thursday, the regional governor’s office said. According to the office, the improvised explosives attack took place at 4.15 p.m. (1415 GMT) in Van’s Gurpinar district. PKK terrorists detonated the bomb on the...

The UN's Syria envoy Thursday warned east Aleppo faces total destruction, as government forces made their biggest gains in years against rebels inside the opposition-held part of the battleground city. Staffan de Mistura said eastern Aleppo could be "totally destroyed" by year's end, and...

Ryder Cup rookies Thomas Pieters and Rafa Cabrera-Bello made a low-key return to the European Tour on Thursday, posting two-under-par 70s in the opening round of the Dunhill Links Championship. Swede Alex Noren, chasing his third victory of the season, led the way on 64 at the pro-am event...

More than 2 million people are expected to flee homes across the southeastern U.S. as Hurricane Matthew barrels toward the country on Thursday. Recently upgraded to a Category 4 storm with sustained winds reaching 140 mph (225 kph), Matthew could be one of the worst storms to batter the U.S. in...

Syrian regime’s Bashar al-Assad and Russia are both moving further away from peace and humanity, Swedish Foreign Minister Margot Wallstrom said Thursday. Addressing university students at the Hertie School of Governance after her official talks in Berlin, Wallstrom expressed great concern...

Remarks attributed to an anti-Daesh coalition spokesman that characterized Turkey’s military presence in Iraq as “illegal” are “blatantly and completely false”, the Pentagon told Anadolu Agency on Thursday. Some Arab media reports have claimed the U.S. does not want a Turkish presence in Iraq,...

Rebels holed up in Aleppo can leave with their families if they lay down their arms, President Bashar al-Assad said on Thursday, vowing to press on with the assault on Syria's largest city and recapture full control of the country. The offer of amnesty follows two weeks of the heaviest...

The U.N. Special Envoy for Syria offered on Thursday to go to eastern Aleppo and escort up to 1,000 Islamist fighters out of the city to try to bring an end to bombardment by Russian and Syrian forces. Staffan de Mistura said history would judge Syria and Russia if they used the presence of...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Head of Higher Justice Council, General prosecutor and a leader of Harakat Ahrar al-Sham and 26 people  have been killed and dozens wounded in an explosion Thursday at the Syria-Turkey border crossing of Atmeh.  Activists confirmed that Khalid al-Sayyed, Head of...

President Bashar al-Assad said his forces would recapture all of Syria, including Aleppo, in a television interview on Thursday but added he would prefer to do so using local deals and amnesties that would allow rebels to leave for other areas. According to the transcript of an interview...

A bomb-laden motorcycle exploded near a police station in Istanbul, injuring 10 people on Thursday, the city's governor said. Speaking to reporters at the blast site, Istanbul Governor Vasip Sahin said the attack took place in Bahcelievler district, located on the European side of the city....

At least five people were killed, including three Shia militiamen, in separate bombings that rocked the Iraqi capital on Thursday, according to a local police source. One bomb targeted members of the Hashd al-Shaabi militia in the city’s northern Al-Tarmiya district, killing three of them...

A majority of Filipinos have given President Rodrigo Duterte a high satisfaction rating for his first three months in office despite a controversial drug policy and expletive-laden remarks that have earned criticism from the international community. On Thursday, the Philippine News Agency...

The Turkish Armed Forces hit at least 78 Daesh targets in northern Syria on Wednesday as part of the ongoing Operation Euphrates Shield. In a statement, the Turkish Armed Forces said 68 Daesh targets had been hit with 252 Firtina (storm) howitzer fire and 80 rounds of multiple rocket...

An Istanbul court Thursday remanded 20 suspects in custody as part of a probe into “sleeper cells” of the Fetullah Terrorist Organization (FETO), the group blamed for the July 15 defeated coup, a judicial source said. According to the source, speaking on condition of anonymity due to...

Turkey's Humanitarian Relief Foundation (IHH) sent 29 ambulances to aid civil war-torn Syria on Thursday. The foundation’s Hasan Iri told Anadolu Agency that Syria needs ambulances to help treat the injured amid a wave of devastating and deadly attacks. Iri said the ambulances, donated...

Syria's army has said that anybody who remains in the city of Aleppo after offering those who wish to leave an opportunity to do so would face their "inevitable fate". A statement issued late on Wednesday said the army had cut off insurgents' supply lines into the northern city and that it...