Turkey bolsters military on Syrian border as US readies pull out -media Part of the military equipment and personnel are to be positioned in posts along the border while some had crossed into Syria

JERUSALEM: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu sought on Sunday to calm domestic concerns over US President Donald Trump’s decision to withdraw from Syria, saying his country will still act against Iran there.Trump last week

ISTANBUL: Turkey is sending reinforcements to its border with Syria, Demiroren News Agency (DHA) reported on Sunday, adding that some 100 vehicles including mounted pickup trucks and weaponry had made their way to the

Tens of thousands of citizens paid their respects to Japanese Emperor Akihito, during his last birthday celebration at Tokyo's Imperial Palace on Sunday before stepping down next year. The 85th birthday of the emperor, whose

Cuba's National Assembly on Saturday approved an update of the country's constitution, the final step before a national referendum expected to approve the new charter in February. The draft new constitution, which has 229

When Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, Mexico's new president, was running for office, his vow to curb the salaries of top government officials, including his own, was unsurprisingly very popular. Now he is in power,

Afghans are facing water shortages due to the persistent drought that has ravaged the country this year. In many places, including the capital Kabul, local residents have to carry containers to fill at water

Both sides of Indonesia's Sunda Strait - Java on the east and Sumatra on the west - were hit by a tsunami late on Saturday, causing hundreds of deaths and widespread devastation.  The tsunami,

BEIRUT: Turkey on Saturday sent military reinforcements to northern Syria near an area controlled by Kurdish forces as Ankara threatens to carry out a fresh offensive to wipe them out, a war monitor said.The

HAMMAM AL-ALIL 2 DISPLACEMENT CAMP, Iraq: Maareb has big dreams, but she may never get to realize them. Every day, when her friends attend class in the Iraqi displacement camp they call home, she