North Korea conducted its sixth and most powerful nuclear test on Sunday, which it said was an advanced hydrogen bomb for a long-range missile, marking a dramatic escalation of the regime’s stand-off with the United States and its allies. The test drew swift international...

An Islamic State evacuation convoy trying to reach IS territory in east Syria has split in two, with some buses remaining in the open desert after others turned back into government-held areas, a U.S.-led coalition fighting the group said on Sunday. The Syrian government and Lebanon’s...

   (Zaman Al Wasl)- Fierce clashes between ISIS and Kurdish-led forces still underway in the last neighborhood of Raqqa's Old City as the U.S.-led airstrikes keep pounding the trapped civilians, local monitoring group said on Sunday.   Raqqa Is Being Slaughtered Silently...

(Zaman Al Wasl) Al-Nujba'a militia, which is fighting alongside Bashar al-Assad, said it held Eid prayers at its headquarters, the Second Brigade Camp in Damascus. The militia led by Akram al-Kaabi, in his capacity as the Secretary-General, said the prayer was led by “Mr Abbas...