HAMA, Syria — For more than four decades, the Assad family made sure that the horrors it committed here stayed unspeakable — killing tens of thousands of Hama residents over a savage month ...

Rifaat al-Assad, known as the “Butcher of Hama” for overseeing the violent suppression of a rebellion in the 1980s, has been accused of war crimes by Swiss prosecutors. Rifaat al-Assad ...

A Melbourne-born film editor’s life has been uprooted after he watched his neighbourhood be devoured by the California wildfires on CCTV footage. Glen Whelan was at work in his Burbank office ...

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The Melbourne-born man said he was devastated to ... Mr Whelan moved from Bayswater to Los Angeles 12 years ago to pursue a career in the film industry, editing movies and television shows.

A cease-fire in the war in Gaza went into effect on Sunday morning after an almost three-hour delay. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's office announced that the cease-fire would commence ...

Scores of Syrian Christians protested in the capital Damascus on Tuesday, demanding greater protections for their religious minority after a Christmas tree was set on fire in the city of Hama a ...

Whether you use a vintage SLR or a modern film camera, there’s something uniquely special about analog photography. And if you’d like to try shooting on a roll, this list is designed to help ...

Brolga, named after the long-legged Australian native bird, has devoted his life to rescuing orphaned joeys at his property just south of Alice Springs/Mparntwe. What started as a mercy mission for ...

In previous conflicts with Hamas, many Israeli strikes were approved only after officers concluded that no civilians would be hurt. Sometimes, officers could risk killing up to five civilians and ...

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