Assad, the uncle of Syria’s deposed ruler Bashar al-Assad and known for his bloody crackdown on a Muslim Brotherhood uprising ...

A former army officer who helped Hafez al-Assad seize power in a 1970 coup and establish his iron rule, Rifaat continued to ...

Assad, the brother of the late Syrian President Hafez al-Assad known by critics as the "butcher of Hama" for crushing an ...

The former army officer - branded the 'butcher of Hama' for his role in crushing an Islamist uprising in 1982 - died on ...

Assad, the brother of former Syrian President Hafez al-Assad and a central figure in the 1982 Hama crackdown, has died at 88 ...

THE notorious uncle of ousted Syrian despot Assad, dubbed the “Butcher of Hama” has died. Rifaat al-Assad, the brother of the ...

If you had been staring at the skies over London or Paris 50 years ago today, you might have seen something special. Jan 21 ...

Lucien Muller, former AS Monaco head coach and France international, has died aged 91. Born in Alsace, the news was announced ...

Climate change is turbocharging heatwaves, wildfires, floods and tropical storms, but how deadly have extreme weather events ...

The world is entering an era of "global water bankruptcy" with rivers, lakes and aquifers depleting faster than nature can ...

On Jan. 21, 2020, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention confirmed the United States' first known case of novel ...

Canadian actress Rachel McAdams was honoured with her own star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on January 20. She was ...