Russian President Vladimir Putin Wednesday threatened to cut millions of dollars in state funding for a children's foundation chaired by his cellist friend Sergei Roldugin, named by the Panama Papers as head of an offshore empire. Roldugin was said in the Panama Papers – leaked in...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- As changing distribution of power within the city of Aleppo appeared to have stopped, western and Arab media began speaking about a stop in the Great Epic Battle of Aleppo in conjunction with a Turkish newspaper publishing leaked documents of an American-Russian deal about...

The family of Austin Tice, a US journalist held captive in Syria since 2012, renewed calls Wednesday for his release as a banner highlighting his case was unveiled by press freedom groups. The #FreeAustinTice banner was attached to the facade of the Newseum, a museum focused on news media...

 At least 12 migrants died off the coast of Libya Wednesday after they put to sea in stormy weather, the Italian coastguard said, adding that many others might have died in the incident. Some 29 people were rescued when their rubber dinghy started to take in water 25 miles (40 km) north...