The United States on Thursday fired back at Moscow over its meddling in the presidential election, announcing a series of tough sanctions against intelligence agencies, expulsions of agents and shutting down of Russian compounds on US soil. US President Barack Obama had all but accused...

Police in south west France have arrested a man suspected of having planned an attack on New Year's eve, a police source said Wednesday. Two other people, one of whom is suspected of having planned an attack on police, were arrested in another police raid in south west France, in Toulouse,...

Reporting by Abdulsalam haj Bakri (Zaman Al Wasl)- The year 2016 was the harshest and most severe on the people of Lattakia’s countryside since the start of the revolution.  They migrated from the countryside and the regime occupied 85% of the countryside with support from Russian...

Around 55,000 migrants who were not eligible for or were refused asylum left Germany voluntarily between January and November 2016, up by 20,000 from the total number who left voluntarily in 2015, a newspaper reported Wednesday. Germany has toughened its stance on immigration in recent...