Spanish coastguards rescued more than 200 migrants Saturday as they attempted to make the perilous sea crossing from north Africa to Europe. A spokesman for Spain's state maritime rescue service told AFP that 224 people had been rescued from five vessels in the Strait of Gibraltar and the...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Sumer took the opportunity, with the Turkish side agreeing to open the border crossings for Syrians to spend the Eid al-Fitr holiday in Syria, to cross into Syria to check on her house in Aleppo. At the border crossing, she was surprised by the employee asking her to refer...

Former French minister Richard Ferrand, who has been fighting accusations of improper financial dealings during most of his few weeks in office, was elected on Saturday to lead President Emmanuel Macron's lawmakers in parliament "I thank the deputies for their confidence... We have a strong...

Iraqi forces opened exit routes for hundreds of civilians to flee the Old City of Mosul on Saturday as they battled to retake the ancient quarter from Daesh (ISIS) militants mounting a last stand in what was the de facto capital of their "caliphate". U.S.-trained urban warfare units were...