Russia warned Syrian Kurdish YPG forces on Wednesday they face further armed conflict with Turkey if they fail to comply with a Russian-Turkish accord calling for their withdrawal from the entire length of Syria’s northeastern border with Turkey. Moscow’s warning came shortly before...

Pentagon chief Mark Esper arrived in Baghdad for talks Wednesday as Washington pulled out its remaining troops from northern Syria through Iraq. Esper was due to meet his Iraqi counterpart Najah al-Shammari to address concerns among some in the government that the troops might stay in Iraq....

The American troops withdrawing from Syria will stay in Iraq "temporarily" before returning to the United States, US Defense Secretary Mark Esper said Tuesday. In an interview with CNN, Esper said the US forces were pulling out in phases, and had now moved from the "immediate zone of...

With a year to go until the Expo 2020 trade fair, the mammoth venue in Dubai's desert is currently a tangle of steel, concrete and dust. But the emirate, hit hard by a downturn, hopes the event will deliver an economic shot in the arm when it launches in October next year. Dubai,...