Since mid-2019, the rift between Bashar al-Assad and his maternal cousin and tycoon Rami Makhlouf has been growing wider, despite both parties’ initial attempts to find solutions and to keep the dispute from the public. However, with Rami Makhlouf’s media appearance, earlier this year,...

Jordanian Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi met Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas in the occupied West Bank on Thursday, amid tensions with Israel over its annexation plans for the territory. Safadi travelled by helicopter for the rare trip to Ramallah, headquarters of the Palestinian...

Donald Trump said Wednesday that US police have "not been treated fairly" and appeared to defend a white officer charged with the murder of a black man. Atlanta police officer Garrett Rolfe was charged with murder Wednesday for shooting African American Rayshard Brooks in the back, and...

Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden will highlight his plan to safely reopen a US economy ravaged by the coronavirus pandemic Wednesday on his third visit this month to the must-win election battleground state of Pennsylvania. The former vice president met business owners struggling...