An apparent spat in the once tight-knit family of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad deepened overnight Thursday when his tycoon cousin Rami Makhlouf made a rare direct appeal for help on Facebook over an order to seize his assets and impose fines. Mr Makhlouf, Mr Assad’s maternal cousin...

US presidential candidate Joe Biden on Friday emphatically denied sexually assaulting a former staffer, saying the incident she claims occurred 27 years ago "never happened." "They aren't true. This never happened," Biden said in a statement regarding the accusations made by Tara Reade, a...

A bitter feud between Afghan President Ashraf Ghani and his rival Abdullah Abdullah appeared closer to resolution Friday after Abdullah said the two men had moved forward in talks. "We have made progress in negotiations & reached tentative agreement on a range of principles. Work on...

Iran on Friday rejected US claims it is helping Venezuela to rebuild its oil industry, saying the accusations are designed to increase pressure and disrupt the two countries' trade ties. Elliott Abrams, the envoy leading US efforts to topple Venezuela's leftist leader Nicolas Maduro, has...