Philippine officials said a notorious Chinese drug lord was killed Wednesday in a riot at the national prison that injured four other inmates -- among them a convict sought as a witness in a Senate inquiry into a bloody crackdown on illegal drugs. Local media reported that Tony Co, among the...

Philippine police revealed Tuesday the seizure of millions of pesos worth of high-powered firearms intended to be transported from Manila to the country’s troubled south for the Abu Sayyaf militant group. National police chief Dir. Gen. Ronald dela Rosa presented the 6 million-peso...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Syrian regime president Bashar al-Assad has appointed a new head to the air force intelligence branch in Aleppo to succeed Major General Adeeb Salameh infamous for his criminal history and notorious for his corruption. According to pro-regime newspapers, Lieutenant General...

(Zaman al-Wasl)- Islamic State on Monday downed a regime mig-21 in the eastern province of Deir ez-Zor, killing its pilot, local activists said. Notorious Pilot General Ali Hamze, who was born in Misyaf town in Hama countryside, was shot down with his warplane in al-Thardeh mountain. A...