Russia blocks U.N. Security Council condemnation of Syria attack
"Russia once again has chosen to side with Assad, even as the rest of the world, including the Arab world, overwhelmingly comes together to condemn this murderous regime"
Civil liberties groups sue U.S., seek details on travel ban
"Customs and Border Protection has a long, rich history of ignoring its obligations under the Freedom of Information Act"
Malala becomes honorary Canada citizen, praises refugee welcome
"Your motto and your stand - Welcome to Canada - is more than a headline or a hashtag"
Ai Weiwei calls on Gulf states to do more to help Syrian refugees
"Many Gulf states refuse refugees. I don't think that's an intelligent act because many refugees even have the same religious background to them and talk the same language"
Monitor says Syria drops barrel bombs despite U.S. warning; Syria denies
Observatory said "a number" of barrel bombs had been dropped on the towns of Taybat al-Imam and Soran north of Hama city
Kurdish merchants, Turkish goods take back Mosul food trade
Months after Iraq's government and its allies started an offensive against IS, Kurdish merchants are pushing on behind them, bringing their Turkish produce back along reinvigorated trade routes
Babies starve as war grinds on in Mosul
Residents who have managed to escape say there is almost nothing to eat but flour mixed with water and boiled wheat grain
Evictions could force out 10,000 Syrian refugees from Lebanon's Bekaa valley - UN
"We really want to be sure that the evictions are not used as a backdoor to forced returns to Syria"
For survivors of past Syrian gassing, new attack brings back horror and despair
"This despair will not leave us"
Warplanes drop incendiary bombs in Syria's Idlib, Hama - activists, monitor
The bombings came after the United States launched cruise missiles at an air base in western Syria on Friday