Breaking with President Donald Trump, Defense Secretary Mark Esper said Wednesday he opposes using military forces for law enforcement in containing current street protests. Esper said the Insurrection Act, which would allow Trump to use active-duty military for law enforcement in...

 Iranian scientist Sirous Asgari has arrived back in Iran after being released from prison by its arch-foe the United States, Iranian media reported Wednesday. The Tasnim, ISNA and Mehr news agencies all carried the same photograph on their Telegram accounts of Asgari, wearing a face...

Europe tried to reassure Russia during a UN Security Conference video call Tuesday after a French warship intercepted an oil tanker off the coast of Libya under an operation to halt the flow of arms to the North African country. European Union representatives spent the closed-door meeting...

 (Zaman Al Wasl)- No sooner had the fire from Assad’s guns seized than other fires raged, consuming the land and crops of the Syrians, which led some to suspect that the fires were deliberate and premeditated. Throughout April and May, hundreds of fires broke out, devouring...