New French President Emmanuel Macron's government reaffirmed on Friday its plan for electoral reform as the scale of the likely parliamentary majority it is set to win grew and predicted voter turnout shrank. Two opinion polls ahead of Sunday's second round of parliamentary elections...

Moscow said on Friday its forces may have killed Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi in an air strike near the Syrian city of Raqqa last month. There was no initial independent confirmation that Baghdadi had been killed. The U.S.-led military coalition fighting against Islamic State...

The Sun newspaper on Friday listed 65 people who it said were still missing or feared dead in a London tower block fire which police said has left 17 people dead with the death toll expected to rise. When asked on Thursday whether the death toll could exceed 100, London police commander...

Reporting by Shams el-Din Matoun (Eqtsad)- Many of the rich people of the city of Idlib managed to preserve their capital and trade under the conditions prevailing in the province. Their biggest concern remained is how to save money especially since the banks stopped working like other vital...