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The United Nations has warned the world is facing the worst humanitarian catastrophe of the 21st century as the forces of President Bashar al-Assad...

Past outbreaks of new viruses have been declared global pandemics, but so far the World Health Organization (WHO) has stopped short of doing that...

Campaigners have won a London court ruling to block the controversial plans for a third runway at Heathrow Airport on environmental grounds....

People in India's capital are slowly returning to areas hardest hit by the recent violence. Some have found their homes and businesses destroyed....

Major Asian cities - including Tokyo, Jakarta, Ho Chi Minh City and Shanghai - are most at risk from rising sea levels, researchers warned on...

From a wildlife market in China's Wuhan city, where the coronavirus is believed to have emerged, to the city of Qom in Iran. The disease is...

Syrian rebels are fighting to hold onto a key northwestern town they have recaptured from the army. Supported by Turkey, opposition forces went...

South Korea has confirmed 505 fresh cases of coronavirus infection, meaning it has overtaken China in new daily infection numbers. The government...

The fighting in Syria has led to a big humanitarian crisis. The United Nations says nearly a million people have been forced from their homes since...

South Sudan's warring sides partially formed a transitional government last Saturday, with the swearing-in of vice presidents from various...

As the coronavirus outbreak expands, the arts world is taking a hit. Many Hollywood movies, fine art exhibitions and musical concerts have been...

Months of often violent mass-protests, demanding an overhaul of Lebanon's system of governance, have largely died down in recent weeks. The...