GENEVA: Cholera cases have surged this year, especially in places of poverty and conflict, with outbreaks reported in 26 countries and fatality rates rising sharply, a World Health Organization official said on Friday. In a typical year, fewer than 20 countries report outbreaks of the...

Qatar Charity (QC) opened the ‘Haq Alsham School’ in Al-Bab city in northern Syria as part of the ‘Sham Deserves’ drive launched by Qatar Charity at the beginning of 2020. This is a secondary school for boys, and consists of 18 classrooms, offices, and laborites for the benefit of...

(AP) — Jihad Michlawi struggled to makes ends meet as a chef in crisis-hit Beirut. The Palestinian had never considered taking a perilous journey across the Mediterranean Sea to Europe until friends who did so persuaded him to try. Now, he's one of dozens of survivors from a capsized...

A cholera outbreak that has claimed 29 lives in Syria is posing a danger across the frontlines of the country’s 11-year-long war, stirring fears in crowded camps for the displaced who lack running water or sewage systems. First linked to contaminated water near the Euphrates river, the...