U.S.-backed Iraqi forces on Monday captured Mosul's al-Hurriya bridge, which leads to the ISIS-held old city center from the south, a military media officer told Reuters. The al-Hurriya bridge is the second to be secured by the Iraqi forces in the city, after securing one located further...

After protests by unpaid coal miners made headlines around the world last year as China's parliament was meeting, a $15 billion assistance fund offered by the ruling Communist Party became a symbol of the government's need to ensure social stability. As the National People’s Congress...

Libyan armed forces based in the east launched more airstrikes Saturday against militias that seized oil terminals a day earlier, a spokesman said, accusing troops from the country’s rival west of launching a war. Three strikes hit vehicles and targets in the area around the Es Sidra and...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Thousands of Iraqi refugees continue to cross the border to reach Deir Ez Zor and Hasaka provinces. Several civilians, among them children, were killed by landmines exploding during their attempts to flee from Islamic State controlled areas towards the border with Turkey....