(Zaman Al Wasl)- Head of the security and military committee in Hama, Abdo Issa Ibrahim, has been dismissed only two months after appointing, and the former Head, Jamal Yunus has been re-appointed for the position. Appointing Yunus for the Head of Security and Military committee is the third...

A dozen lawmakers from Turkey's opposition Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP), which has Kurdish roots, were detained on Friday because they refused to give testimony in criminal proceedings, Prime Minister Binali Yildirim said. Democratically elected officials normally can only be forced from...

(Fox News)- The mother of an American journalist who vanished in Syria in 2012 is urging everyone to encourage and remind President Obama of his “obligation” to bring her son home. Austin Tice, a Marine and Georgetown Law student from Houston, disappeared in August 2012. A video released...

A journalist working for Afghan television station Ariana News was killed by a roadside bomb in the southern province of Helmand Friday, his employer said, adding to a growing toll on media workers in Afghanistan this year. Witnesses said Nematullah Zaheer had been travelling with other...