A South Korean court sentenced the billionaire chief of Samsung to five years in prison for bribery and other crimes in a stunning downfall for the heir to South Korea's biggest family fortune and a global consumer electronics empire. The Seoul Central District Court said Friday that Lee...

At least 21 insurgents and 11 members of security forces were killed in Myanmar's Rakhine state Friday when militants staged a major coordinated attack on 24 police posts and an army base, the military said. The fighting - still going on in some areas - marked a major escalation in a...

By Abdullah Ghadawi ( Atlantic Council )- The base of the Islamic State’s (ISIS, ISIL, Daesh) power is in Raqqa and Mosul and is connected with each side deploying fighters across the border in mass. But while the United States and the Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF) took back Mosul, the...

( The New Arab )- In her right hand, Sakne holds the identity card belonging to her 16-year-old son, Mohammed. Her left hand tightens its grip on the wiry arm of her younger son, Abbas.  On her face is a look of exhaustion - combined with a fierce determination. "I will come here...