Billionaire Michael Bloomberg filed paperwork Thursday with the Federal Election Commission to run for U.S. president as a Democrat, the latest sign that the former New York City Mayor is joining the crowded nominating contest. The filing allows Bloomberg to raise money in a bid for the...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Syrian rebels on Thursday halted an advance by regime forces and allied Iranian militias into the eatsern countryside of Idlib province, killing 15 militants, military sources told Zaman al-Wasl. The regime army has been pressing to take a strategic territory located...

Some 73 migrants, many suffering from hypothermia and burns, were rescued by a Spanish charity ship late on Wednesday from a packed rubber dinghy that had been drifting off the Libyan coast for nearly 24 hours. It is the latest rescue by the Open Arms vessel in the Mediterranean, where more...

Iran's Revolutionary Guards on Thursday praised the armed forces for taking "timely" action against "rioters" and suggested calm had been restored after days of unrest sparked by a hike in petrol prices. Authorities vowed to arrest leaders of the protests that started last Friday, in which...