An ambush on a Syrian security patrol by gunmen loyal to ousted leader Bashar al-Assad escalated into clashes that a war ...

As questions over sports and health care for transgender people roil Maine and the nation, advocates say Maine’s protections ...

The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Turk, on Sunday called for an “immediate” end to the killing of ...

Syria's leader vowed on Sunday to hunt down the perpetrators of violent clashes pitting loyalists of deposed President Bashar ...

The United States and European Union came to polar opposite conclusions over the recent massacres of Alawites, Christians, ...

Syria’s interim president, Ahmed al-Shara, appealed yesterday for calm and unity after violence erupted last week between ...