Since Bashar al-Assad's fall, Syria's chemical weapon victims have recounted their trauma without fear of reprisal.

Joseph Corcoran had paranoid schizophrenia when he killed four people, including his brother, in 1997, his lawyers say.

Axel Rudakubana, 18, did not speak when asked at Liverpool Crown Court if he was guilty of killing three young girls.

High school teachers agree to "de-escalate" their industrial action over working conditions.

I know very well the pain of being denied the right to play sport because of a hijab ban. Such discrimination must stop.

Palestinians do not owe Bashar al-Assad anything. An oppressor cannot be a true ally of a liberation movement.

Sarkozy’s lawyer says the former president plans to appeal the verdict to the European Court of Human Rights.

After top minister's resignation this week, Justin Trudeau is under pressure to step down before a looming election.

Winter has made life amid genocide all the more miserable for us.

Liberia’s parliament building caught fire for the second time within a week.

Iranians reel from worsening power cuts, fuel shortages, partial shutdowns and a falling purchasing power.

A bipartisan effort to protect children from the harms of social media is running out of time in this session of the U.S. Congress. If passed, the Kids Online Safety Act would institute safeguards for minors’ personal data online. But free speech advocates and some Republicans are concerned the bill could lead to censorship. VOA’s Congressional Correspondent Katherine Gypson has more. Kim Lewis contributed to this story.

The first flight to leave Damascus since the fall of Bashar al-Assad has taken off for Aleppo.

As efforts get under way to restart economy, UN envoy calls for 'free and fair elections' after transition.

A Filipina who spent nearly 15 years on death row in Indonesia for drug offences was reunited with her family.

Wantaway Manchester United forward Marcus Rashford has been told he has a future at the club by head coach Ruben Amorim.

One of the oldest communities in Jerusalem begins to fracture under pressure from forces they say threaten them.

The family of the US-Turkish activist, Aysenur Ezgi Eygi, have met US Secretary of State Antony Blinken.

Dos Santos is facing sanctions and investigations in Angola, the UK, the US and Portugal.

The intensive care unit at Kamal Adwan Hospital caught fire after an Israeli attack on the facility.