The bodies of two pilots killed when their tourist plane crashed in the French Alps were recovered Saturday after intense searches in the mountains east of Chambery, the city's prosecutor said. The two men, who have not yet been identified, had taken off from Dortmund in Germany on...

(The Daily Star)- U.S. President Barack Obama offered a "hand of friendship" to Cubans on Saturday after the death of Fidel Castro, while his successor, Republican President-elect Donald Trump gave his first reaction on Twitter, declaring "Fidel Castro is dead!" Trump, who takes office on...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- A well-informed source told Zaman al-Wasl that the Russian forces recently began building a large infantry base close to the T4 military airport in Homs province, source said. The Russian engineering machines are sweeping the site where Russia will build its military base....

(The Guardian)- Britain’s home secretary is being urged by MPs to allow refugees from the Yazidi community, a minority Iraqi group persecuted by Islamic State, to enter the UK under the same rules that allow entrance to vulnerable Syrian refugees. In a letter to Amber Rudd (pdf), a...