They may be scarred, but nothing, not even torture, bombing or exile, could break them. As the Arab Spring revolts swept through the Middle East and North Africa region like a wildfire, thousands of young Syrians joined protests in March 2011 demanding change in a nation ruled by the family...

Four Syrian media groups have merged in a new opposition media body, said in statement on Saturday. The Syrian Media Council includes the "Media Union of Aleppo and its countryside, the Media Association of Eastern Ghouta, the Syrian Journalists Association (SJA),...

New York City will reopen its school system to in-person learning, and increase the number of days a week many children attend class, even as the coronavirus pandemic intensifies in the city, Mayor Bill de Blasio said Sunday. The announcement marks a major policy reversal for the nation's...

Britain said Sunday it has secured 2 million more doses of a promising coronavirus vaccine as it gears up to launch within days the country's most ambitious inoculation program in decades. The U.K. has had Europe’s deadliest coronavirus outbreak, with more than 58,000 confirmed...

A former Senegalese football player, Papa Bouba Diop, died at the age of 42 on Sunday. "FIFA is saddened to learn of the passing of Senegal legend Papa Bouba Diop. Once a World Cup hero, always a World Cup hero," FIFA said on Twitter. It added that the former defensive...

The United Nations declared 29 November to be the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People more than 40 years ago. Sadly, it has become just another date in the ever growing timeline of misery inflicted on the people of Palestine. The reality is that ever since the stain...

Lebanon is from Monday to gradually ease restrictions imposed two weeks ago after a surge in coronavirus infections, in a bid to relieve its struggling economy in time for the festive season, officials said. Acting health minister Hamad Hassan told reporters the country "will gradually...

Senior U.S. Republicans on Sunday said a transition to a Joe Biden presidency looks inevitable as President Donald Trump questioned whether the Supreme Court would even hear any of the challenges his campaign has vowed to pursue. Trump's comments in a telephone interview with Fox News...

Coronavirus deaths in Turkey rose to a record for the seventh consecutive day on Sunday and the number of new cases remained high despite efforts by President Tayyip Erdogan’s government to contain a second wave of infections. Turkey is expected to report this week that its economy bounced...

A rocket hit a small oil refinery in northern Iraq on Sunday, causing fire and minor damage, two refinery officials said. Firefighters are still trying to contain the fires, refinery and local officials said, which broke out after the rocket hit a fuel storage depot inside the Siniya...

A UN envoy Sunday pushed for progress on the eve of the latest round of talks in Geneva towards revising Syria's constitution and winding down the country's nine-year-old civil war. "We want to see progress," Geir Pedersen, the UN special envoy for Syria, told reporters during a virtual...

Race officials and drivers praised the modern safety systems developed for Formula One on Sunday after Romain Grosjean survived a high-speed crash and fireball blaze on the opening lap of the Bahrain Grand Prix. Safety and official medical car driver Alan van der Merwe was on the scene...

A weekend attack on farm workers in northeast Nigeria blamed on the Boko Haram jihadist group left at least 110 dead, the UN humanitarian coordinator in the country said Sunday. "At least 110 civilians were ruthlessly killed and many others were wounded in this attack," Edward Kallon said...

Questions mounted in Israel on Sunday following the assassination of a top Iranian nuclear scientist, with experts speculating on whether Israeli agents were responsible, and if so, how Tehran might respond. Iran's President Hassan Rouhani has blamed the Jewish state for Friday's killing of...

Lionel Messi paid a personal tribute to the late Diego Maradona after scoring Sunday as Barcelona returned to winning ways in La Liga with a resounding 4-0 home win over Osasuna. Messi adorned a brilliant team display with a thumping strike into the top corner in the second half, after...

The World Health Organization delivered 15 ventilators to Gaza hospitals on Sunday amid a spike in COVID-19 infections that has tested the Palestinian territory's under-developed health system. The donation of the intensive care devices, funded by Kuwait, came a week after local and...

The United Arab Emirates on Sunday approved the establishment of a new national cybersecurity council, Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, UAE Prime Minister and Vice-President and ruler of Dubai, said on Twitter. The cabinet of the UAE government also appointed Industry and Advanced...

Britain and the European Union are heading into a “very significant” week, British foreign minister Dominic Raab said on Sunday, as talks over a trade deal enter their final days with serious differences yet to be resolved. EU negotiator Michel Barnier told reporters in London that “works...

The Obama-Biden administration was a charmed era for America's tech companies — a moment when they were lionized as innovators, hailed as job creators and largely left alone. Now Joe Biden is coming back, this time as president. But times have changed. The halcyon days of an adoring...

Yemen’s Houthis accused the Saudi-led Arab coalition on Sunday of targeting areas under their control in capital Sana’a. The coalition launched two airstrikes near the Sana’a International Airport, the Houthi-run TV broadcaster al-Masira reported. The Saudi-led coalition has not yet...