(Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama said on Thursday he has authorized air strikes against Islamist militants in Iraq to protect American personnel and launched humanitarian assistance to prevent a genocide of members of a religious minority who have fled their homes....

Almost three quarters of Syria’s entire chemical stockpile has been destroyed, the world’s chemical weapons watchdog said on Thursday, after another 190 tonnes of agents were incinerated in Britain. “The OPCW confirmed today (Thursday) that 74.2 percent of Syria’s entire...

(Reporting by Faris Al –Rifai; Translation by Dani Murad) (Zaman Alwasl)- Across the world, many countries seem to agree that a baby’s place is with its mother, but when a mother is put In prison, a little common sense and compassion is...

LABWEH, Lebanon (AP) — Militants from Syria who overran a Lebanese border town mostly withdrew back across the rugged hills separating the two countries as a cease-fire appeared to hold Thursday, allowing Lebanese troops to free seven fellow soldiers and ambulances to evacuate...