Syria’s Christians mark a decade since a horrific IS attack and worry about their future
Christians in northeast Syria this month will mark the 10th anniversary of an attack by the Islamic State group on more than 30 villages.
Syrian Jews’ homecoming brings hope for reconstruction and a permanent return after decades in exile
As Rabbi Yusuf Hamra and his son Henry were visiting Damascus this week for the first time since emigrating from Syria to the ...
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'Skilled Napper' Bear Licks Frozen Pond While Dozing in New York Sanctuary
A Syrian brown bear was seen licking ice while half-asleep on a frozen pond in upstate New York, footage released in ...
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Scores of whales to be euthanised after mass stranding in Australia
Australian authorities are euthanising about 90 false killer whales which survived a mass stranding on a remote beach in Tasmania. A team of experts at the site said complex conditions have made it ...
The Black Death was spread by Mongol troops in the Middle East a century before it wiped out half of Britons in the 1300s, new study suggests
New research has found that the plague may actually have caused milder outbreaks in the Middle East a century before it ...
Two charged with 11 counts of animal cruelty for unsafe keeping of dogs
Two people have been charged with 11 counts of animal cruelty for keeping dogs in unsanitary conditions in an apartment in Geneva. Some of the dogs developed parvovirus, ...