(Zaman al-Wasl) Samira Abdel Karim Karzon a Syrian refugee from the countryside of al-Qasir living in Lebanon’s camps dreamed of planting a tree or making a friend or sister in every country she visits. Samira who suffers from severe kidney dysfunction started her youth with an artificial...

Although Spain has been without a functioning government for more than eight months, that hasn’t stopped the acting government from making controversial decisions. Mere minutes after acting Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy’s failed investiture vote last Friday came the contentious...

The United States and Russia early Saturday announced a breakthrough agreement on Syria that foresees a nationwide cease-fire starting on Monday, followed a week later by an unlikely new military partnership targeting the Islamic State and al-Qaida as well as new limits on President Bashar...

 The United States and Russia made progress on Friday on proposals for a nationwide ceasefire in Syria, but technical details still needed to be worked out, a senior official of the U.S. State Department said. A Russian official said the process was "stuck in Washington" after a day of...