The U.S. Senate has passed a $738 billion budget for the Pentagon which includes new sanctions within six months against Syria, Iran, and Russia for their "war crimes" during the Syrian civil war. The National Defense Authorization Act for fiscal year 2020 was approved on Tuesday by an 86-6...

 President Donald Trump faces becoming only the third US leader ever to be impeached on Wednesday when the House of Representatives is set for a historic vote that would trigger his trial in the Senate. On the eve of the vote, Trump said he was being subjected to an "attempted coup"...

French President Emmanuel Macron will not drop his plan for a single points-based pension system, but is “willing to improve” it in the face of fierce union resistance, an official in the presidency said Wednesday. “The president will not abandon the project nor water it down, though...

Rifaat al-Assad, uncle of the Syrian president, has been hospitalised in Paris while standing trial for money laundering, his son told AFP Tuesday. "He has been in intensive care since last night (Monday)" at the American Hospital in Neuilly-sur-Seine west of Paris, Siwar al-Assad said....