U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday defended his eldest son as "innocent" following emails that showed Donald Trump Jr. welcomed Russian help against his father's rival in the 2016 presidential election, deepening the controversy over purported Russian meddling. Trump Jr. released a...

 Google is not liable for 1.115 billion euros ($1.272 billion) in unpaid taxes claimed by the French state, a French court ruled Wednesday, saying the internet giant's Irish subsidiary is not taxable in France. "The French company Google Ireland Limited (GIL) is not taxable in France...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- At least five civilians killed in Russian airstrikes on the city of Deir Ezzor as clashes still underway between ISIS and the regime forces, activists said Wednesday. Activist Firas Allawi from al-Shareq News Said 5 civilians killed and dozen more wounded in suspected...

 France will cut processing time for asylum requests and boost housing for refugees while "systematically" deporting illegal economic migrants, Prime Minister Edouard Philippe said Wednesday. Unveiling an "action plan" for dealing with tens of thousands of people who arrive in France...

The British government said on Wednesday it would not publish in full its report on the sources of funding of Islamist extremism in Britain, prompting opposition charges it was trying to protect its ally Saudi Arabia. The report, commissioned by former Prime Minister David Cameron in...

Turkish police Wednesday killed five suspected Daesh (ISIS) militants in the central province of Konya, officials said, as officers detained 233 suspected extremists across Turkey. "During the operation, the five terrorists were neutralised after they resisted armed force, and four security...

U.S. House Speaker Paul Ryan on Wednesday said he wants to move a strong bill regarding sanctions on Russia as quickly as possible bill but that the legislation still faces procedural and policy hurdles. "Right now, we have a procedural issue," and Republicans are working with Democrats...

Donald Trump Jr.'s meeting with a woman he was told was a Russian government lawyer who had incriminating information about Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton that could help his father's presidential campaign could lead investigators to probe whether he violated U.S. election law, experts...

A Philippine government air strike aimed at Islamist rebels mistakenly killed two soldiers on Wednesday, the military said, the second such deadly accident in a bloody campaign to oust the militants from a southern city. The accident happened when a plane bombing rebel positions in the city...

Iraqi forces clashed with Daesh (ISIS) militants holding out in Mosul's Old City on Wednesday, more than 36 hours after Baghdad declared victory over the extremists in what they had made the de facto Iraqi capital of their self-declared caliphate. Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi's victory...

(Eqtsad)- The liberated areas in the north of Syria is witnessing a relative calm after the “de-escalation of tension” agreement which resulted in Idlib city’s streets and markets and its countryside witnesses relatively active commercial movement. This situation was reflected in the...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Well-informed sources said Britain is working to bridge the gap between the powerful Kurdish Democratic Union Party (PYD) and key opposition groups to reach an understanding over the governing formula in Kurdish-held areas. Saleh Muslim, head of the PYD and the de facto...

The European Union's chief Brexit negotiator said on Wednesday there were many differences with Britain on citizens' rights, including on the role of the EU court, that needed to be sorted out before talks on a trade deal could start. "We want EU citizens in Britain to have the same rights...

Turkey's Energy Minister Berat Albayrak is set to visit Israel by the end of this year to conclude an agreement for the building of a natural gas pipeline from the Jewish state to Turkey, the Israeli energy minister said on Wednesday. A visit by Albayrak, son-in-law of Turkish President...

Iraq says it will offer new oil and gas exploration rights as it looks to boost energy revenues to fund its war against Daesh (ISIS) and shore up its finances amid low oil prices. Oil Minister Jabar Ali Al-Luaibi said late Tuesday that his ministry plans to put nine border exploration blocks...

In a demonstration of the Chinese navy's expanding global reach, the country's latest-generation warships conducted live-firing drills in the Mediterranean Sea this week while en route to joint exercises with the Russian navy, the defense ministry said Wednesday. The destroyer Hefei, frigate...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- At least 400 civilians from northern Idlib province were arrested by regime forces near Damascus this week when they were heading the capital, Chairman of the Syrian Commission for Detainees said Wednesday. Most of the detainees are state employees and workers who have...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Sidra al-Yousef, a Syrian refugee in Denmark, finished the first section of secondary school in a Danish school with full marks in the final exams. She was accepted to represent Denmark at the World Youth Summit in Switzerland in coming weeks. She was appointed as an official...

Two Palestinian men were shot dead during clashes with the Israeli army in the Jenin refugee camp in the northern West Bank early Wednesday, Palestinian medical and security sources said. One of the two had been evacuated in serious condition and later succumbed to his wounds, medical...

U.S. President Donald Trump will travel to Paris on Wednesday to meet with French President Emmanuel Macron where the two leaders will seek to work together on Syria and countering terrorism, while avoiding the thorny issues that have divided them. Trump and Macron -- both political...