Chinese President Xi Jinping offered the prime minister of deeply indebted Greece strong support Saturday, saying the two countries should expand cooperation in infrastructure, energy and telecommunications. Xi told Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras that Greece was an important part in China's...

( The Guardian )- Emmanuel Macron will take power as French president on Sunday and immediately face the twin challenges of European Union reform and loosening strict labour laws in France. After walking up the red carpet to the Élysée Palace on Sunday morning, being briefed on the nuclear...

( The Guardian )- The Turkish president will seek to persuade Donald Trump to reverse his “mistaken and shortsighted” plan to arm Kurdish forces in Syria, announced as part of an American attempt to crush Islamic State’s final stronghold in Raqqa. US officials this week announced a...

 (Zaman Al Wasl)- At least seven regime army troops were killed on Friday when ISIS struck their bastions in the eastern countryside of Homs city, pro-regime media said. Zaman al-Wasl reporter said ISIS fighters had ambushed regime forces in al-Shumariya mountains that lie on the...