Frustrated that China has not done more to rein in North Korea, the Trump administration could impose new sanctions on small Chinese banks and other firms doing business with Pyongyang within weeks, two senior U.S. officials said. The U.S. measures would initially hit Chinese entities considered...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Manbij Military Council, key unit in the U.S.-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), looted and confiscated the property of residents of the town of Rtala, southeast of Raqqa city. Meanwhile other militias in the SDF continue to prevent residents from returning to their homes...

 US-based Muslim preacher Fethullah Gulen, the man blamed by Turkey for a failed coup attempt a year ago, on Friday again denied any involvement in what he called a "despicable putsch," and called on Ankara to end its "witch hunt" of his followers. "Accusations against me related to the...

Human Rights Watch Thursday condemned videos circulating on social media purportedly showing Iraqi forces killing and beating men suspected of being Daesh (ISIS) fighters in Mosul. Two videos seen by the Associated Press were posted to Facebook earlier this week, a day after Iraqi Prime Minister...