The number of Americans filing for unemployment benefits unexpectedly fell last week to a two-month low, pointing to labor market strength that could pave the way for the Federal Reserve to raise interest rates by December. The upbeat initial jobless claims data came a day after the U.S....

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Sources confirmed to Zaman al-Wasl that a MiG 23 BN airplane was shot down on Wednesday evening in eastern Qalamoun as it conducted a raid on one of locations where battles are raging between Islamic State from one side and Ahmad al-Abdu Brigade and Jaish al-Islam on the other...

More than 20,000 Syrians have returned to Jarabulus near the Turkish border, weeks after the Turkey-backed Free Syrian Army (FSA) liberated the northern Syrian town in Aleppo province, a regional official said. During the month-long Operation Euphrates Shield, some 1,200 square kilometers...

Former world number four Kimiko Date-Krumm is targeting a return to the court next year, having last featured in the qualifying rounds of the Australian Open in January. Japan's Date-Krumm, who will turn 46 next week, has been plagued with injuries since she made her comeback in 2008, after...