Everyone favors vigilance against terrorism. The question is what sort of vigilance is sensible, and whether keeping U.S. troops involved in unending wars qualifies. The answer is no. U.S. forces in Syria have achieved all they can against the Islamic State. Without territory, ISIS will...

The US Defense Department announced Monday it would deploy around 320 additional troops to the southern border with Mexico to support immigration officials. The troops, set to deploy until the end of September, will add to around 2,900 active duty military and 2,000 National Guard members...

Samsung Electronics, the world's biggest smartphone and memory chip maker, reported a slump in first-quarter net profits Tuesday, in the face of a weakening chip market and rising competition. Net profits in the January-March period were 5.04 trillion won ($4.3 billion) -- the lowest since...

Russia will not allow the de-escalation zone in Syria’s Idlib to be a “safe zone” for terrorists, presidential envoy for Syria said on Monday. “No one is interested in it. The fight against terrorists will no doubt continue, but this will require additional time. We still work on it, and...

A committee of Sudanese protest leaders and army rulers Monday resumed talks on forming a joint civilian-military council that would replace the existing ruling military body, an AFP correspondent reported. The negotiations were being held in the presidential palace in Khartoum and a joint...

After just over 800 days in office, President Donald Trump has made more than 10,000 "false or misleading claims," according to a tally released Monday by the Washington Post. The count, kept by the newspaper's "Fact Checker" database, was started in the Republican leader's first 100 days...

France is in a hurry to rebuild world famous Notre-Dame Cathedral, and Romain Legoube, an 18-year-old apprentice carpenter, hopes to be among those chosen for the prestigious task of restoring its centuries-old roof. “It would be an achievement to be able to say that we participated in the...

Islamic State’s Al Furqan media network published on Monday what it said was a video message from its leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi in which he said the group would seek revenge for the killing and imprisonment of its militants. In the video, a bearded man with Baghdadi’s appearance sitting...

Two civilians were killed by Syrian regime shelling Monday near a Turkish observation point in the opposition-held de-escalation zone in Idlib, northwestern Syria. The attack almost hit a Turkish observation point located in the Zawiya region, northwest of Hama, said Anadolu Agency...

The return of the remains of Israeli soldier Zechariah Baumel is still viewed as a scandal. A scandal after a scandal, the last of which is one of two Syrians whom the regime has asked to be released. This person does not only have a long criminal record, with the testimony of the criminal...

The United Nations envoy for Libya on Monday warned countries tempted to continue backing eastern strongman Khalifa Haftar that he was no democrat and his political agenda was not supported by most Libyans. Haftar’s Libyan National Army (LNA), which is allied to a rival administration in...

U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Monday expressed confidence that trade talks between the United States and China will not be affected by the end of Iran oil waivers. “We have had lots of talks with China about this issue. I’m confident that the trade talks will continue and run their...

Their images are by now well known: the thousands of women and children who emerged from ISIS’s last stronghold, now housed in the al Hol detention camp in Northwest Syria. According to Kurdish forces, these are the wives and children of foreign fighters, and their future hangs in the balance....

Turkey's state-run news agency says police in the capital, Ankara, have detained 22 people suspected of links to Daesh (ISIS). Anadolu Agency said the suspects – 17 Iraqis and five Syrians – were detained in simultaneous raids Monday as part of a security sweep ahead of Labor Day...

It was only when his children began to starve that Abdullah al-Amour decided time had come to leave the sanctuary of Rukban camp with his family to face an uncertain fate back under Syrian President Bashar Assad. The cattle trader from Palmyra fled to Rukban on the Syrian border with Jordan...

The French government on Monday opened a suicide prevention unit for police officers after a sharp rise in the number taking their own lives since the start of this year. The move comes as prosecutors are investigating chants by some "yellow vest" anti-government protesters in recent weeks...

The Palestinians on Monday restated their refusal to accept tax revenues collected on its behalf by Israel so long as the Jewish state deducts millions of dollars over a dispute about prisoners. "Our position is as it was: We will not receive any money from Israel if it is incomplete,"...

Thousands of Afghans congregated in Kabul on Monday for a rare consultative meeting aimed at finding ways to negotiate a peace deal with the Taliban and end Afghanistan’s war. The four-day consultative grand assembly, known as a Loya Jirga, is an attempt by President Ashraf Ghani to...

Algeria’s finance minister and ex police chief appeared in court on Monday, joining a list of powerful figures to face judicial investigations since mass protests forced the resignation of President Abdelaziz Bouteflika this month. Finance Minister Mohamed Loukal - a former central bank...

A suspected United Arab Emirates spy who was detained by Turkish authorities 10 days ago has committed suicide in prison, a Turkish government source and state media said Monday. The suspect was found dead in Silivri prison, on the outskirts of Istanbul, state news agency Anadolu reported....