The defeat of the ISIL in the northern Iraqi town of Sinjar in 2015 has left a power vacuum. The area is rife with various armed groups vying for control and the lack of

SpaceX has launched its astronaut capsule into space for the first time. The unmanned test flight was a major step forward for the company owned by billionaire Elon Musk. NASA suspended its manned flight

NEAR BAGHOUZ, Syria: Kurdish-led forces battled militants defending their last village on Saturday as the operation to flush out Daesh from eastern Syria resumed after days of humanitarian evacuations. The US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces

NEAR BAGHOUZ, Syria: Kurdish-led forces battled militants defending their last village on Saturday as the operation to flush out Daesh from eastern Syria resumed after days of humanitarian evacuations. The US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces

BEIRUT: Hundreds protested on Saturday in Lebanon against child marriage, demanding lawmakers forbid unions below the age of 18, in a country where some faiths allow girls to be wed at 14.Organized by civil

An American citizen was allegedy tortured while in custody in Saudi Arabia, according to a report by US newspaper, The New York Times (NYT).  Walid Fitaihi described being dragged from his room in Riyadh's

The United States is expected to move ahead with a downgrade of its mission to the Palestinians on Monday by merging its Jerusalem consulate with the embassy to Israel, a US official said. US

As many as 30 refugees and migrants, including minors, are believed to have been brought to an underground cell and allegedly tortured in Libya for breaking out and holding a protest earlier this week. An

US President Donald Trump has told an audience of conservatives that he will win re-election in 2020 by a bigger margin than his 2016 victory. In a wide-ranging speech on Saturday at the Conservative

Markazi refugee camp, Djibouti - Khalid Muhammad and his young family were enjoying their first good night's sleep in days when a troop of baboons attacked their tent last August. At first, they thought