An Iraqi lawmaker was Tuesday sentenced to six years jail time for graft after being caught in a sting operation, in a rare trial in a country wracked by government corruption. Mahmud Mullah Talal was arrested in late November, just as he himself was trying to bring down the industry...

Rifaat al-Assad, uncle of the Syrian president, has been hospitalised in Paris while standing trial for money laundering, his son told AFP Tuesday. "He has been in intensive care since last night (Monday)" at the American Hospital in Neuilly-sur-Seine west of Paris, Siwar al-Assad said....

(Zaman Al Wasl)- At least 14 civilians, mostly women and children, were killed in deadly air strikes on the northern province of Idlib, Civil Defence agency said Tuesday. The rescuing group said the death toll is expected to rise as regime helicopters dropped dozens of barrel bombs on...

In an open letter days ahead of a historic impeachment vote, nearly 800 historians have urged the House of Representatives to impeach U.S. President Donald Trump. Citing a "clear and present danger to the Constitution", the historians -- including Ron Chernow, John Meacham, and Douglas...