Reuters) - Cristiano Ronaldo won the FIFA Ballon d'Or award for the second year running and the third overall on Monday after a prolific, trophy-filled year with Real Madrid. The Portuguese forward won 37.66 percent of the vote to finish well ahead of Lionel Messi, his bitter rival, who...

By Al Hussein Al Shishakli (Zaman Al Wasl- Exclusive)- Zaman al-Wasl newspaper has obtained new photos of mass torture by Syrian intelligence services linked to war crime report made last year by a team of internationally recognized war crimes prosecutors and forensic...

BEIRUT (The Daily Star)- The Nusra Front Monday issued a new threat against the captive soldiers and policemen being held on Lebanon’s northeastern border after police raided a notorious prison packed with Islamists earlier in the day. In response, the families of the captives...

PARIS (AP) — French security forces are mobilizing in their search for what the prime minister called a "probably accomplice" to three days of bloodshed and terror around the capital, as well as to try to ensure the safety of the French people. Manuel Valls said the search is...