A South Korean special prosecutor probing a corruption scandal engulfing impeached President Park Geun-hye summoned a friend of hers at the center of the crisis for questioning on Saturday on charges including bribery and embezzlement, an official said. The questioning of Choi Soon-sil, whom...

 The United States on Friday allowed the U.N. Security Council to adopt a resolution demanding an end to Israeli settlement building, defying heavy pressure from long-time ally Israel and President-elect Donald Trump for Washington to wield its veto. A U.S. abstention paved the way for...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Syrian regime helicopters on Friday dropped at least  26 barrel bombs on Wadi Barada district in Damascus suburbs, Local Coordination Committees said. The heavy aerial bombing on the border area with Lebanon seeks new forced displacement, local activists said as regime...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Powerful Kurdish PYD militia attacked headquarters and houses of leaders belong to Liwa Thuwar al-Raqqa to force the mostly tribesmen group to comply by PYD policies before the start of Raqqa battle against the Islamic State, sources said. A military source talked to...