Like every year, summer brings the most difficulties and imposes severe challenges on the displaced in northwestern amid lack of means for cooling and the scarcity of water which increases their suffering. Abu Mohamed al-Hamwi, a Syrian displaced lives in one of the random camps in the...

The UN has called for a ceasefire in the flashpoint Syrian province of Daraa where it said recent fighting forced 18,000 to flee. Fighting between regime forces and armed opposition groups in the southern province last month killed at least 28 people. The clashes have died down...

TOKYO (AP) — A man with a knife stabbed at least 10 passengers on a commuter train in Tokyo on Friday and was captured by police after fleeing, fire department officials and news reports said. NHK public television said one passenger was seriously injured. It said the suspect left his...

 The militant Hezbollah group fired a barrage of rockets toward Israel on Friday, and Israel hit back with artillery in a significant escalation between the two sides. It was the third day of attacks along the volatile border with Lebanon, a major Middle East flashpoint where tensions...