The New England Patriots battled back from an historic 25-point deficit Sunday to beat the Atlanta Falcons 34-28 in overtime to win Super Bowl LI (51) in Houston, Texas. Newly named NFL MVP and Falcons quarterback Matt Ryan started the game by completing his first six passes as the defense...

(The Independent)- A federal appeals court has denied Donald Trump's request to immediately reinstate his travel ban on seven Muslim-majority countries. The Department of Homeland Security suspended all enforcement of Mr Trump's immigration ban following a nationwide locking of the executive...

(The Guardian)- The number of children killed and maimed in the Afghan war increased dramatically last year, according to the UN, which has documented the highest civilian casualty toll in the country since 2001. In a report released on Monday, the UN documented 11,418 casualties, a 3%...

(Financial Times)- Donald Trump’s plans to boost the US growth rate may be getting plenty of attention — but it is the eurozone economy that is quietly exceeding expectations. Figures for business sentiment, growth rates and unemployment for the single currency area have all provided...

 In some Israeli schools, fourth-graders learn computer programming while gifted 10th-graders take after-school classes in encryption tactics, coding and how to stop malicious hacking. The country even has two new kindergartens that teach computer skills and robotics. The training programs...

(Fox News)- President Trump, in an exclusive interview with Fox News’ Bill O’Reilly, announced he’ll name Vice President Pence to lead a commission investigating voter registration fraud – while also laying out timelines for top domestic priorities like tax cuts and health care, and leaving the...

Romanian Prime Minister Sorin Grindeanu announced Sunday he will not resign amid nationwide protests against a recent government decision to decriminalize certain graft offenses, the country’s national news agency, AGER, reported. More than 200,000 people flocked to the government building...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Within the series of revealing informers and agents penetrating the revolutionary forces who work within the intelligence network of Iyad al-Ali, Zaman al-Wasl TV reveals another informer who cooperates with the security branches in Jisr al-Shughour and works in Saudi Arabia...

 German Foreign Minister Sigmar Gabriel said on Sunday he was reassured after meetings last week with top U.S. officials that the United States was committed to a united Europe and to the NATO alliance. U.S. President Donald Trump described NATO as "obsolete" prior to taking office and...

(Eqtsad)-  People of  the Yarmouk Basin in the southern province of Daraa have been affected by months of conflict between rebels and an ISIS-affiliated group where living conditions get worse and ban of food entry escalates the suffering. The clashes with the Khalid Ibn...

U.S-led coalition planes bombed an Islamic State-controlled town near the Euphrates Dam in northern Syria a day after the launch of a new phase of a campaign to capture the militants' defacto capital of Raqqa, activists and the militants said on Sunday. Activists confirmed reports released by...

(ARA News)- Thousands of Arab fighters have joined the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) in the fight against ISIS in Raqqa. One of the main Arab factions currently participating in the SDF’s Euphrates Wrath Operation for Raqqa is the Syrian Elite Forces. Muhedi Jayila, Commander of...

 As a walkie-talkie carried word of another casualty from an Islamic State mortar attack, an Iraqi policeman peered through leaves at enemy positions just across the Tigris River. He kept his head low to avoid snipers but also had an eye on the sky. Minutes later, the militants sent a...

Turkish police on Sunday detained some 400 suspected members of Islamic State in anti-terror raids in six provinces, state media said, the biggest roundup to target the organization in Turkey. Those held were mainly foreign nationals, Anadolu news agency said. At least 60 suspects were...

 A U.S. appeals court late on Saturday denied a request from the U.S. Department of Justice to immediately restore a immigration order from President Donald Trump barring citizens from seven mainly Muslim countries and temporarily banning refugees. The court ruling dealt a further setback...

Dozens of people in Afghanistan and Pakistan were killed after heavy snow and avalanches hit over the weekend. In eastern Afghanistan, at least 50 people died and dozens more were missing on Sunday after an avalanche buried a village in Nuristan, provincial governor Hafiz Abdul Qayum said....

 Russia said on Sunday that it supports the continuation of Syria peace talks under United Nations auspices, long-running negotiations which had been thrown into doubt by separate, Moscow-backed peace talks launched last month. The latest round of U.N. talks had been planned to begin in...

By John R Schindler ( Observer )- None can now deny that the refugee crisis that descended on Europe over the last year has changed the continent’s political landscape. The arrival of millions of migrants, mainly from the Middle East and Africa, with the encouragement of some European leaders,...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Powerful Kurdish PYD militia on Saturday launched an arrest campaign tracking corrupted members and officials of People’s Protection Units(YPG), including a woman within what so-called the “Law of People” in the province of Hasaka, source told Zaman al-Wasl on Saturday....

(Zaman Al Wasl)- A Russian armored carrier exploded near Hmeimym base in the coastal Latakia province on Saturday, local media outlets said. The BTR-80, an 8x8 wheeled amphibious vehicle, was carrying 7 Russian soldiers, Latakia News Network said. No rebel group claimed the responsibility for...