Spain's Supreme Court on Wednesday confirmed a 21-month jail sentence and 2.09-million-euro ($2.25 million) fine imposed on Lionel Messi for tax fraud, months after the Barcelona football star lodged an appeal. The Argentina international and his father Jorge Horacio Messi were in July 2016...

Israeli Defense Minister Avigdor Lieberman said Wednesday he was uneasy over a massive US-Saudi arms deal announced at the weekend, saying it was part of a "crazy" regional arms race. In the first public comment by an Israeli official on the $110-billion US sale of ships, tanks and the...

A team from the international chemical weapons watchdog found exposure "to sarin or a sarin-like substance" in samples from an April 4 attack in northern Syria that killed over 90 people and now wants to visit the opposition-held town of Khan Sheikhoun, a senior U.N. official said Tuesday....

(Zaman al-Wasl) In Roumieh Prison in the Lebanese capital Beirut Syrian detainee Abdul Rahman al-Attar nicknamed Abu Mohammed al-Mughawir has been detained for more than two years without trial or a clear charge according to activists. Al-Attar, a former commander of the al-Maghawir Brigade...