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Kuwait pledges $500 million in Syria aid

Kuwait's emir pledged on Wednesday $500 million for Syrians stricken by almost three years of civil war. Sheikh Sabah al-Ahmed al-Sabah made the pledge at an international donor conference in Kuwait city attended by U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon. Delegates...

Family caught unawares as Sydney-based woman dies in Syria

A memorial service was held in a Sydney mosque on Monday for Muslim woman Amira Karroum, and her husband Yusuf Ali who were killed in Syria last week. Amira Karroum, 22, had left her Sydney home in December, telling her family she was headed to Denmark to holiday with...