Three people were shot dead and two were wounded during a shooting at a mall on Friday in northwest Washington state where authorities were searching for the gunman, several media outlets reported. Authorities initially said on social media that four people were killed in the shooting, that...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Russian air strikes killed at least 21rebel fighters in Hama province, as Russia and regime army wage the fiercest aerial campaign on opposition-held areas in northern Syria. The strikes hit the bastion of Fursan al-Haq Brigade, key unit in the newly-formed The New Idlib Army,...

Petrobras is selling 90 percent of its shares in a natural gas pipeline network for $5.2 billion to NTS, a group led by Canadian asset management giant Brookfield, the Brazilian state-owned energy giant said Friday. The 2,048-kilometer (1,273-mile) long Nova Transportadora do Sudeste (NTS)...

The Taliban controls roughly one-tenth of Afghanistan, the U.S. said Friday, 15 years after it invaded the country to oust the extremist group. The group controls a small percentage of Afghanistan’s population “but they contest another 20 to 25 percent,” Army Gen. John Nicholson told...