Taliban and U.S. negotiators are scrambling to rewrite a draft agreement that will outline the withdrawal of American and NATO troops from Afghanistan and a verifiable Taliban guarantee to fight terrorism ahead of an all-Afghan peace conference Sunday. Officials familiar with the talks, but...

(Zaman Al Wasl)-  Avaaz, global civic movement, launched in support of a Syrian refugee who has been sentenced to hundreds of years in prison and a fine of more than 3 million Euros on charges of "trafficking". The petition by is the U.S.-based activism tribune called on to "Save...

Russia's foreign minister on Wednesday called on the West to avoid double standards in fighting terrorism in Syria.  Speaking at a news conference in Moscow, Sergey Lavrov said the U.S. was trying to use the "Kurdish factor" to undermine Syrian sovereignty. "The U.S. is trying to...

White House adviser Jared Kushner said on Wednesday the United States is willing to engage with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas but hinted a new peace plan might call on Palestinian refugees to settle where they are and not return to lands now in Israel. At a workshop in Bahrain last...