Front lines fell one after the other as the rebels seized Hama, then Homs and finally Damascus. As the Syrian army melted away, Assad - the reviled leader of the war-battered state - fled with his ...

Hanukkah, Judaism's eight-day Festival of Lights, begins this year on Christmas Day, which has only happened four times since 1900. For some rabbis, the intersection of the two religious holidays ...

Bill Bergey, the defensive leader of the first Eagles’ team to ever reach the Super Bowl, died Wednesday at the age of 79, ...

Former Surinamese dictator Desi Bouterse has died at 79. He was a military strongman who led a 1980 coup in the former Dutch ...

Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said on Wednesday that Syria faces an uncertain future after the recent ousting of ...

The wife of deposed Syrian leader Bashar Assad is severely ill with leukaemia and has been given a 50/50 chance of survival, ...

The latest charges come in addition to a third-degree felony of misuse of official information filed in November, tied to one of the alleged bid-rigging schemes.

Look back at NBA on Christmas Day history, including top performances & record-breaking moments, before this year's 5-game ...

The King has delivered his Christmas message, thanking medics who treated him and the Princess of Wales for cancer this year ...

From Stormont's return to the arrest of former DUP leader Sir Jeffery Donaldson, these are five of our stand out moments in ...

With the Christimas season upon us, it's worthwhile to ponder what would be on the Detroit Lions' Christmas lists. Here are hypothetical gifts to give to 10 me ...

BNP Vice President Asaduzzaman Ripon says such a weak govt may put independence and sovereignty at risk, worsen the law and ...