French voters cast their ballots on Sunday in the first round of a parliamentary election expected to give centrist President Emmanuel Macron the strong majority needed to carry out the far-reaching economic and social reforms he promises. The vote to elect the lower house's 577 members...

US-backed Syrian fighters seized a second district of Raqa on Sunday and launched a renewed assault on a base north of the city, as they pursued an offensive against the Islamic State group. The Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) broke into Raqa earlier this week after announcing the start of a...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Syria's Muslim Brotherhood issued a new national charter in light of the changes that have afflicted the Syrian revolution, stressing that this charter carries much of the future political project for Syria which the Muslim Brotherhood issued in 2004.  The General...

Several thousand demonstrators including Pep Guardiola, the revered former manager of the city's football club, rallied in Barcelona Sunday to support the Catalonia independence referendum called for October 1. Carles Puigdemont, leader of the regional government, defied Madrid on Friday by...