'Syria could fall back into conflict without urgent support'

IOM's Amy Pope says about a hundred- thousand people had already returned -- but that some Shia Muslims had left because of concerns about the new authorities.

At least fourteen people are known to have been killed, and hundreds have been injured in Vanuatu after a powerful earthquake

In northern Canada climate change is disrupting the habitat for polar bears leading to dangerous interactions with humans

(Pic: An exterior view of prison 'Branch 235' in Damascus, Syria; Credit: EPA-EFE/REX/Shutterstock)