Moscow (AFP) - Russia on Wednesday responded disparagingly to President Barack Obama's State of the Union address, claiming it showed that the United States wanted to dominate world affairs. "Americans have set a course for confrontation," Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov told...

Thousands gathered Wednesday in Tehran at a funeral procession for a Revolutionary Guards general killed by Israel, after his commander warned the Jewish state it should "await destructive thunderbolts". General Mohammad Ali Allahdadi died alongside six fighters from Lebanon's...

(Reuters) - Pakistani security forces have arrested a man they believe is the commander of the Islamic State group in the country as well as two accomplices involved in recruiting and sending fighters to Syria , intelligence sources said on Wednesday. Authorities in South...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- The Egyptian authorities have refused to grant Syria's  opposition vice president a visa as he plans to hold talks with Syrian opponents in Cairo. Hisham Marwa, head deputy of Syrian National Coalition has yet to get a visa to...