(Zaman Alwasl)- Head of Deir Ezzor's Military Council Monday escaped an assassination attempt by unknown armed group. Col. Munir Abu Moataz told Zaman Alwasl that a group of of 'Revolution enemies' targeted his car in al-Mohassan...

(Reuters) - President Barack Obama considered options for military action to support Iraq's besieged government on Monday but made no decision on the U.S. response to a Sunni militant onslaught that has threatened to tear the country apart. Obama, who discussed the crisis...

BAGHDAD (AP) — Sunni militants captured a strategic northern Iraqi city along the highway to Syria on Monday, sending thousands of residents from an ethnic minority fleeing for safety and moving closer to their goal of linking areas under their control on both sides of the border....

(Reuters) - Thomas Mueller marked his 50th international with a hat-trick as Germany strolled to a 4-0 World Cup victory over a Portugal side reduced to 10 men late in the first half of a disappointingly one-sided Group G match on Monday. It had been expected to be a close...