President Donald Trump wants to withdraw the U.S. from the World Trade Organization (WTO), according to a report on Friday, which could push the country further into isolationism and greatly hurt global trade. "He’s [threatened to withdraw] 100 times. It would totally [screw] us as a...

Lebanon's Hezbollah-run Al-Manar television reported Friday that the Syrian army had seized a hill overlooking the road connecting eastern and western parts of Deraa province, where it is engaged in a major offensive against rebels. Capturing the hill means rebels could no longer safely use...

 The French cement giant Lafarge was charged on Thursday with complicity in crimes against humanity and financing terrorists, for allegedly paying millions to jihadists, including the Islamic State group, to keep a factory open in war-torn Syria. The company, whose Syrian...

Security forces have arrested 121 “wanted individuals” in Iraq’s southeastern Maysan province, local police officials said Thursday.  Within the past week, Iraqi security forces have carried out a number of separate counter-terrorism operations. According to a police...