With heavy rains persisting and waters still rising over much of waterlogged eastern Canada, the nation's military on Sunday tripled the number of troops urgently working to evacuate thousands of residents. Montreal Mayor Denis Coderre declared a state of emergency for his city,...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Heavy water has flooded half of a town in Raqqa province as they are working to prevent the flood from the northern part of the village (200 houses) towards the southern part using dust mounds installed on Raqqa countryside. The source said that the total area of the town and...

An American company that was paid nearly $700 million to secure an Iraqi base for F-16 fighter jets turned a blind eye to alcohol smuggling, theft, security violations, and allegations of sex trafficking - then terminated investigators who uncovered wrongdoing, an Associated Press investigation...

Hundreds of tearful mourners attended a mass funeral Wednesday for loved ones killed in a suicide bombing on a convoy of evacuees, in one of the Syrian war's most gruesome attacks. At least 150 people, including 72 children, were killed on April 15 in an explosion targeting evacuees from...