Liberal Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau faces a tough general election on October 21, dogged by an ethics scandal that has taken the shine off his golden boy image and left him vulnerable to a sharp challenge from Conservative Andrew Scheer. Also in pursuit of a bigger share of...

Saudi Arabia is confronting the perils of its combative foreign policy as it slides further into a military quagmire in Yemen, one of a series of strategic missteps under the ambitious crown prince, analysts say. The Sunni kingdom, locked in a battle for regional supremacy with Shiite power...

Syrian regime forces will unilaterally cease fire in the de-escalation zone in Syria's Idlib region Saturday morning, Russia's defense ministry was quoted by TASS news agency as saying on Friday. The ministry also urged armed militant groups in the region to join the ceasefire,...

At least 13 civilians, including a mother with her four children, were killed in Idlib, a de-escalation zone in northwest Syria, when the regime and Russian airstrikes hit the region, according to local sources on Wednesday. Assad regime’s airstrikes at Maarret al-Numan town killed...