Syria has allowed a group of about 30 people to be evacuated from the besieged district of Ghouta, near the Syrian capital of Damascus. The group included children with curable forms of cancer and spurred talk of possible future evacuations.

Saint-Nazaire is famous for its shipyards. But the small city on the coast of Brittany in western France is also becoming known for something else — the welcome it gives to refugees.

The Russian disinformation threat dates back decades. But according to a new report by The Washington Post, US officials have failed to effectively respond to it.

If you're traveling abroad from a US airport this holiday season, you may have to go through a new type of security check: a facial scan.

The Noh family fled Iraq when ISIS invaded in 2014. After crossing the Mediterranean in a rubber dinghy, they reached the Greek island of Lesbos, and then mainland Europe. After receiving asylum in France, they are building a new life in a unfamiliar place.

It took pressure, and lots of it, to get Iranian cartoonist known as "Eaten Fish" out of the Australian-run detention camp and it was social media that started the domino of pressure and activism that finally freed him.

On March 26, 2015, Saudi Arabia entered the Yemen civil war with support from the US and the UK. A Western reporter and Yemenis from the north to the south tell how warring sides are dug in and civilians are becoming accustomed to the fighting.

Russian President Vladimir Putin called President Donald Trump on Sunday to thank the CIA for a tip, which he says thwarted a terrorist attack in the Russian city of St. Petersburg. How unusual is this kind of intelligence-sharing between rivals?

It has been 11 years since the last, devastating war between the Lebanese group Hezbollah and Israel, but talk of another round of fighting has grown louder in recent months. Near the border, however, UN peacekeepers say "it's pretty calm" and residents don't seem overly concerned.

German media recently reported that some pilots have refused to fly Afghan refugees whose asylum applications have been rejected back to Afghanistan. But is their action out of sympathy?