Assad, the uncle of Syria’s deposed ruler Bashar al-Assad and known for his bloody crackdown on a Muslim Brotherhood uprising ...

Assad, the brother of the late Syrian President Hafez al-Assad, crushed an Islamist uprising in Hama in 1982 before unsuccessfully challenging for power and going into exile.

Technical failures at polling places have caused disruptions, and the opposition has warned of government vote rigging amid ...

Childhood obesity is on the rise in the UK, with a recent study by the Royal Society for Public Health (RSPH) predicting that ...

This year’s lineup features over 65 bands, including Disturbed, Papa Roach, Hollywood Undead, Bad Omens, The Used, Sleeping ...

There’s a new journey that largely traces the fabled Paris-to-Istanbul Orient Express route, but without the exorbitant cost.

European leaders have met in Brussels, having warned that Trump's threats of increasing tariffs could lead to a 'dangerous ...

With a focus on the years between 1960 and 1980, Thurston Moore provides Stewart Smith with ten entry points into the wild ...

EDITORIAL. The compulsive use of mobile phones and social media has disrupted our societies, inflicting major damage on ...

The Solent 80 years ago would have shown no lasting signs of the Free French, the political and military coalition that had ...

The battle of the billionaires between Elon Musk and Ryanair’s boss, Michael O’Leary, has intensified. Europe’s biggest ...

In this installment of NPR's "Word of the Week" series we trace the origins of the "cravat" (borrowed from the French ...