Qatar will continue to arm Syrian rebels even if Donald Trump ends U.S. backing for the multinational effort, Doha's foreign minister said in an interview, signalling its determination to pursue a policy the U.S. President-elect may abandon. But Foreign Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman...

Brazil's President Michel Temer, together with congressional leaders, vowed on Sunday to block any attempt by legislators to grant themselves a corruption amnesty as he sought to defuse a series of scandals. In a rare weekend news conference, the president sought to reassure Brazilians that...

(Zaman Al Wasl- In a recent incident, Moscow lost a major betting card it was playing to market and exaggerate the ability of the Russian equipment based on the equipment’s proven track record in the conflict in Syrian.  The Russians suffered a major and expensive loss with the...

(The Guardian)- Britain’s home secretary is being urged by MPs to allow refugees from the Yazidi community, a minority Iraqi group persecuted by Islamic State, to enter the UK under the same rules that allow entrance to vulnerable Syrian refugees. In a letter to Amber Rudd (pdf), a...