An Emirati previously convicted of being a member of the extremist ISIS group has had his sentence increased from one year in prison to a 10-year sentence. The state-run WAM news agency reported Monday the Emirati, whom it only identified by initials K.A.M., was previously sentenced by the...

Britain's former ambassador to Syria who defended President Bashar al-Assad had already accepted a senior position in a lobby group run by the dictator's father-in-law, The Telegraph reported. Peter Ford had sparked outrage earlier this month when he claimed in a BBC interview that Assad would...

Two Qatari hunters who endured a 16-month hostage ordeal in Iraq spoke Sunday of their joy at being released, in the first public comments since the group were freed. Mohammed Marzouki was among 24 Qataris and two Saudis who were on a hunting trip in a mainly Shiite area of southern Iraq...

China's foreign minister called Sunday for the complete denuclearization of the Korean peninsula amid rising tension over North Korea's missile and nuclear programs. "China is firmly supporting the denuclearization of the area in the name of stability and peace", Wang Yi told reporters in...