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Desperate to escape Syria’s terrors, Ammar Maarawi bolted. In early 2016, he paid smugglers and endured a dangerous sea crossing…

Riding a tsunami of moral conservatism and anti-gay prejudice, Indonesia’s Islamic political parties appear on the cusp of a major…

The United Arab Emirates claimed a record on Thursday with the opening of the world’s longest zip line, measuring 2.83…

Turkey has fired back after France’s president warned it against invading a Kurdish enclave in Syria, calling his remarks an…

The UN special envoy on human rights in Myanmar said Thursday that the Myanmar military’s violent operations against Rohingya Muslims…

Human Rights Watch says armed groups, some linked to the self-styled Libyan National Army, have prevented thousands of internally displaced…

In a remarkably public clash of wills with the White House, the FBI declared Wednesday it has “grave concerns” about…

Two years after taking office, President Raul Castro widened the niche for private enterprise in Cuba’s state-dominated economy. Capitalism came…

Syria’s Kurdish militia is growing frustrated with its patron, the United States, and is pressing it to do more to…

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Wednesday said Israel will retain security control over the Palestinians as part of any future…