(Zaman Al Wasl)- The Shiite militias have encircled the Old City of Damascus to celebrate Ashura rituals, local activists said Tuesday. The Lebanese and Iraqi militants circulated on residents of old Damascus to enter on Tuesday before 6 p.m. for cars due to closed roads until Wednesday...

Russian President Vladimir Putin has canceled a visit to Paris next week after President Francois Hollande said he would see him only for talks on Syria - the latest episode in deteriorating relations between Moscow and the West. French officials have been grappling for ways to put new...

The top U.S. diplomat for East Asia said on Tuesday he was confident the United Nations would make "significant" progress on tougher sanctions against North Korea over its nuclear program, despite apparent differences with China over targeting coal exports. China appears to have pushed back...

President Tayyip Erdogan warned Iraq's prime minister he should "know his limits" after he criticized Turkey's military presence there and said the Turkish army, shaken by a failed coup bid, had not lost so much standing as to take orders from him. NATO member Turkey shares a 1,200 km...