(theguardian)- Paid paternity leave in Spain is to be increased to 16 weeks to give men parity with women, under new measures agreed by parliament. Fathers are currently entitled to 13 consecutive days off work, starting two days prior to the birth, adoption or fostering of a child. This...

(The Daily Star)- Russia on Wednesday warned the US-led coalition against driving extremists from Iraq to Syria in the offensive to recapture Mosul from ISIS. "It is necessary not to drive terrorists from one country to the other but to destroy them on the spot," the chief of Russia's...

Syria's President Bashar al-Assad told a Swiss TV station that government forces had to rid the city of Aleppo of rebel "terrorists" under its constitutional mandate to protect the civilian population. "That's our mission, according to the constitution, according to the law, that we have to...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- “When we found no word to describe the tragic situation because the victim is a baby, tears disappear and heart feel the pain”, in these words, an activist described the situation of the al-Rakban camp when he reported the story of 10-month-old baby Fadia al-khalid who...