A UN inquiry into a series of regime and Russian attacks on UN-supported facilities in northwestern Syria's Idlib province will begin this month’s end, the international body announced Friday.  Secretary-General Antonio Guterres initiated the review at the behest of the...

 (Zaman Al Wasl)- Artillery fire by the Syrian regime has damaged a hospital in northwestern province of Idlib, despite a ceasefire that had halted a fierce army offensive against the rebel stronghold two weeks ago, local activists said Friday. No casualties reported in the attack...

At least 10 people have died in a fire in a hospital in Rio de Janeiro, the fire service in the Brazilian city said, with preliminary reports suggesting a short circuit in a generator could have sparked the blaze. The fire broke out at dusk Thursday at the Badim hospital in the north of...

Tunisia's prime minister said exiled former autocrat Zine el Abidine Ben Ali would be allowed to return home if he was critically ill as reported by his lawyer. "I will give my green light for his return. It's a humanitarian case. If he's ill as rumoured, he can return to his country...