A human rights group and a major trade union went to France's top administrative court on Wednesday seeking a ban on riot police use of rubber bullets, which are blamed for injuring dozens of "yellow vest" protesters. The police have drawn fire over their repeated use of rubber bullets to...

More than ninety-nine and a half percent of territory captured by the Daesh terrorist group in Syria has been returned to the Syrian people, Acting Secretary of Defense Patrick Shanahan said Tuesday. "Within a couple weeks it will be a hundred percent," Shanahan told reporters at the...

Syria's Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) has detained scores of residents in Idlib, following the capture of the province by the jihadi group this month, Human Rights Watch said on Monday. At least 11 civilian residents had been working documenting abuses by HTS or protesting against the...

As Donald Trump seeks progress with North Korea at a second summit, the United States has a series of cards it can play including easing sanctions, signing a peace declaration or even pulling troops from South Korea. After the historic handshake between the US president and North Korean...