Pope Francis will grant Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas an audience at the Vatican on Saturday, the Holy See confirmed indirectly Tuesday by announcing arrangements for media coverage of the visit. It will be the third time Francis has met Abbas following an encounter during the...

Director of National Intelligence James Clapper said on Tuesday the U.S. intelligence community's report concluding that Russia orchestrated hacks during the 2016 presidential campaign was based on a mix of human sources, collection of technical data and open-source information. Clapper,...

 (Zaman Al Wasl)- Major differences can be observed in the planned peace talks in Kazakhstan's Astana between Turkey, Russia and Iran, the regional powers that most involved in Syria's proxy war. This discord clearly indicates that the understanding which was drafted in Moscow triple...

(Memri)- On January 8, 2017, the media office of the Islamic State (ISIS) in Al-Khayr province, Syria, released a video showing children beheading and shooting men accused of spying for the Kurds. The video, titled "He Revived Me With His Blood," was posted on the ISIS-affiliated leading jihadi...