Syria: Madaya suffers starvation again as siege intensify

The besieged Syrian town of Madaya is facing starvation again because meagre supplies delivered last month are already running out, residents have said, as the United Nations was accused of severely underestimating the number of people…

Syria: Car bomb goes off in Damascus police club

Several people have been killed in a suicide car bomb attack on a police officers' club in the Syrian capital, Damascus, the interior ministry says. The blast also struck a busy vegetable market in the north-eastern Masaken Barzeh…

UAE creates ministers of happiness and tolerance

The prime minister of the United Arab Emirates has announced the creation of a minister of state for happiness, as part of a major government shake-up. Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, who is also the ruler of Dubai, said the…