(Reuters) - Same-sex couples will marry in Germany for the first time on Sunday, when some civil registry offices will open specially to celebrate the coming into force of a marriage law that parliament passed in June. Around a dozen same-sex couples are expected to marry in Berlin on...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- At least 7 people, including newborn, have been killed in regime artillery shelling on Talbiseh town in central Homs province, local reporter said on Saturday. The rebel-held northern countryside of Homs has endured to heavy aerial and ground bombardment despite the...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- A prominent Syrian gril has been selected by UNICEF as a candidate for the International Children's Peace Prize one of  Un’s awards to individuals who fight for children’s rights, raise awareness and spread hope throughout the world.  Najwa Fattouh, 16,...

Some 700 French adults, one-third of them women, and about 500 children are in jihadi-held areas in Iraq and Syria, an official at the French president’s office said on Friday, raising potential legal challenges over how to handle them. The presidency official said that half of the...