The author of a deeply critical book about Donald Trump’s first year in office said on Friday he had spoken with the president while working on it, contradicting Trump’s assertion that he had never talked to the writer for the book and had not authorized any access to the White House....

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Friday Prayers have been suspended in the besieged Eastern Ghouta suburbs as  regime forces and allied militias step up aerial and ground bombing on the last rebel stronghold around the capital, pushing to reach troops trapped in Harasta town. State television...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Syrian activists surfaced on social media footage showing huge fire in Mount Qasioun, said it caused due to explosions in the main artillery base used in offensive against the embattled Eastern Ghouta suburbs. The video carried on by SMART news agency and shared on...

An Iranian official said Friday that 52 people had been arrested at protests the previous day in Mashhad as the government suggested hardline opponents may have been behind the unrest. Reformist media said hundreds had taken to the streets of Mashhad and other towns on Thursday in...