Nicaragua will join Paris climate pact, leaving U.S., Syria isolated
Nicaragua, a poor Central American nation often threatened by hurricanes, was the only nation to reject the agreement in 2015
New school offers education "salvation" for Syrian girls in Lebanon
"I still want to go back to Syria and fulfill my dream there, in Damascus University"
End 'containment' of asylum-seekers on islands, aid groups tell Greek PM
More than 13,000 people, mostly Syrians and Iraqis fleeing years of war, are living in five camps on Greek islands close to Turkey, government figures show
In Beirut, play about Syria's war gets as close to home as it can
"It would be impossible to perform it in Syria. There are red lines, and the censorship that was there before 2011 is still there today"
U.S.-backed militias seize key oil field in east Syria - SDF
"Our forces managed to liberate the fields without notable damages"
Gunmen kill 13 Niger gendarmes in attack near Mali border
Security officials suspect a relatively new militant group called Islamic State in the Greater Sahara
Canada granting asylum to U.S. border crossers at higher rates -data
The acceptance rate stood at 69 percent for asylum seekers crossing the U.S border into Canada
Italian doctor swaps scalpel for pen to spotlight migrants' plight
"I wanted the world to understand that they are people like us, with their stories, their emotions and their dreams"
ANALYSIS-Home to rising tide of migrants, cities invited to shape global pacts
Today some 60 percent of refugees and 80 percent of those uprooted inside their own countries live in cities
EU leaders seek greater reductions in Africa immigration
"We have a real chance of closing the Central Mediterranean route"