The French government rejected an aslyum request from Wikileaks' Julian Assange on Friday (Jul 3), saying he did not face "immediate danger". "France has received the letter from Mr. Assange. An in-depth review shows that in view of the legal and material elements of Mr Assange's situation,...

(Translation by Yusra Ahmed) An official diplomatic Saudi document published on WikiLeaks shows that Russia had practiced intimidation against Ban Ki-moon, the Secretary-General of the United Nations, if he attended the conference of the Group of Friends of the Syrian People (“the Friends'...

The United States is seeing signs that new efforts to draw Sunni tribesmen into Iraq's battle against Islamic State may be taking root at a military base near the fallen capital of Sunni-dominated Anbar province, U.S. officials say. A U.S. defense officials told Reuters the...

Syrian regime television said on Friday  warplanes had bombed targets near the insurgent-held town of Zabadani near the frontier with Lebanon, destroying an ammunition store and a factory for making rockets, Reuters said. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported heavy fighting...