U.S. President-elect Donald Trump has tapped three senior leaders of his national security and law enforcement teams, choosing Senator Jeff Sessions for attorney general, Representative Mike Pompeo as CIA director and General Mike Flynn as national security adviser, a transition official...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Militants of the Kudish Democratic Union Party (PYD) have launched an arrest campaign against Kurdish politicians in Amoda area in the Northern countryside of Hasaka after their attempts to break in Yakiti Party’s offices.  The central committee of Yakiti party...

The UN Security Council unanimously decided on Thursday to extend for another year the mandate of a panel tasked with investigating chemical attacks in Syria and identifying those responsible. Backed by Russia, the council adopted a US-drafted resolution to prolong the joint investigation by...

The English Premier League has sold its television rights in China to streaming service PPTV for $700 million (565 million pounds), a source familiar with the matter said, several times the size of past deals as it cashes in on a growing enthusiasm for football. A spokesman for PPTV, part of...