Syria's pound -lira- has continued to slide against the dollar, losing as much as 175% of its value in the black market since the outbreak of Syrian revolution against the Assad regime March 2011. The pound is trading at a rate of about 115 to the US dollar according to central...

A member of Oxfam lays flowers in front of the City Hall in Belfast June 17, 2013. At their first private face-to-face meeting in a year, U.S. President Barack Obama will try to find common ground with Russia's President Vladimir Putin on the sidelines of a G8 summit in Northern...

Sadness is written on the face of 45-year-old Jamila, living in the open-air municipal courtyard of Arsal in Lebanon and still traumatised by her escape from Syria's former rebel stronghold Qusayr. Along with her sick husband and three children, she fled the town in Syria's central province...

Iran's newly elected president pledged Monday to follow a "path of moderation" and promised greater openness over the country's nuclear program, emphasizing messages from Western leaders since his victory that have brought cautious hope of new openings with Tehran. Hasan Rowhani used his...