Syrian government and opposition parties at peace talks in Geneva are expected to agree on Thursday to a document drawn up by a U.N. special envoy outlining basic principles in what one diplomat described as a "baby step" forward. With a fragile ceasefire in place in Syria,...

Australia’s immigration minister confirmed Sunday that an asylum seeker baby who doctors have refused to discharge from a hospital in Queensland state will be placed in community detention rather than immediately deported to an offshore detention center in Nauru. The announcement...

On the frontline of Brazil's fight against Zika, Vandson Holanda sends Roman Catholic volunteers into the poorest areas of this city, showing residents how to protect themselves against mosquitoes that carry the virus linked to birth defects. Get rid of trash where water...

Translation by Yusra Ahmed (Zaman Al Wasl)- ِA Syrian refugee family in Lebanon said their two-month-old baby boy was died due to a medical mistake that led to septicemia in a Tripoli-based hospital. Saeed's family, who thought their baby's illness was no more than an infection could be...