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US, Europe discuss new laptop ban on flights

U.S. and European officials will discuss Wednesday plans to broaden a U.S. ban on in-flight laptops and tablets to include planes from Europe. The move would create logistical chaos on the world's busiest corridor of air travel - as many as 65 million people a year travel between Europe and...

More troops deployed as Canada braces for worse flooding

 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,...

Balikh floods sweep 200 houses near Raqqa

(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...

US firm in Iraq ignores smuggling, security risks for F-16s

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...