The French police drew heavy criticism on Monday after officers were filmed spraying peaceful climate activists in the face with teargas during a sit-in on a bridge in Paris last week. Interior Minister Christophe Castaner has ordered an investigation into the incident on Friday during a...

Away from the frontlines, volunteers are helping in the war against President Bashar al-Assad by cooking, filling sandbags, collecting old tyres and digging trenches, aiming to help ward off his assault on northwestern Syria. It is part of the civilian effort to help defend the last major...

Iraq's sacrifices fighting Daesh (ISIS) have earned the country greater support in its reconstruction efforts from the international community, Prime Minister Adel Abdel-Mahdi said Saturday. Mahdi made his comments Saturday morning during a meeting with a visiting U.N. Security Council...

Two Yemeni rebel drones targeting southern Saudi Arabia were intercepted on Saturday, a Riyadh-led military coalition said, the latest in a series of assaults on the kingdom. The first drone targeted the province of Jizan and the second was aimed at a residential area in Asir province, the...