(Reuters) - A group of militant Islamists planning to carry out attacks in the West is on its way from Syria , possibly heading towards Norway , police said on Friday. Norwegian armed police were deployed for a second day at high-risk locations including airports and train...

(Reuters) - GlaxoSmithKline ( GSK.L ) faces new allegations of corruption, this time in Syria , where the drugmaker and its distributor have been accused of paying bribes to secure business, according to a whistleblower's email reviewed by Reuters. Britain's biggest...

By D. Parvaz | Al Jazeera   Catania, Italy - They've been coming here for years, by the ship-full, risking perilous Mediterranean waters in crafts that are seldom seaworthy or suited for the number of people packed onto them. Their numbers have been...

Geneva, July 23 (IANS) The World Health Organisation and the United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund Tuesday said in a report that actions are needed to protect children against polio in Syria as polio cases resurfaced in the conflict-stricken country. The first...