The U.S.-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) denied a report on Thursday that all of Daesh's (ISIS) final enclave has been captured after a Kurdish media outlet said the militant group had been finally defeated there. "Combing continues in the Baghouz camp and there is no truth (to the...

Iran's supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei called the economic difficulties of Iranians the main and most urgent problem of the country in a message aired Thursday on state TV. Iran has faced increased economic hardship in the last 12 months which was aggravated after US President Donald...

New Zealand is banning the sale of assault rifles and semi-automatic weapons with immediate effect, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said Thursday, rapidly making good on a pledge to tighten the country's gun laws. The move comes less than a week after a white supremacist rampaged through two...

Saudi King Salman bin Abdul Aziz and Moroccan King Mohammed VI reviewed the “brotherly and friendly” relations between the two countries during a telephone call, state news agency SPA said Wednesday. The call followed a crisis in relations between the two countries. They stressed a...