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The White House Family Business
Donald Trump spent his life running a family firm and the White House is no exception: the first 100 days have given...
Media ‘never Under So Much Threat’, Says Watchdog
Press freedom has never been as threatened as it is now, in the "new post-truth era of fake news" after the election of...
Trump Says Assad’s Future ‘not A Deal Breaker’ On Syria
US President Donald Trump told UN Security Council ambassadors that the future of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad was...
Saudi Wins Top Arab Fiction Award
A Saudi novelist has won the International Prize for Arabic Fiction, becoming the third author in 10 years from the...
Iraq Holding Qatar Hunting Party’s Ransom Money
Iraq is holding hundreds of millions of dollars Qatari negotiators had brought to Baghdad as ransom money for the...
IS Terrorises Mosul Civilians As Iraq Forces Advance
Iraqi forces advanced in west Mosul Tuesday, closing in on the Old City where jihadists executed civilians in a...
Trump Vows To Fight Anti-Semitism
US President Donald Trump promised to fight anti-Semitism on Tuesday, seeking to put behind him a series of missteps...
Iraq Forces In Push To Retake UNESCO-Listed Hatra
Iraqi forces on Tuesday launched a fresh push southwest of Mosul to retake the Hatra area, which includes a UN-listed...
Foreign Extremists Killed In Philippine Clash
The Philippine military said Tuesday it had killed almost 40 militants loyal to the Islamic State group, including...
Turkish Strikes Kill Kurdish Fighters In Syria, Iraq
Turkish warplanes killed more than 20 Kurdish fighters Tuesday in strikes in Syria and Iraq, where the Kurds are key...
Iran Nuclear Deal Reviewed As Uncertainty Grows
Iran and major powers were set to review adherence to their 2015 nuclear agreement on Tuesday, as uncertainty grows...
Turkey Bombs Kurdish Forces In Northeast Syria
Turkish warplanes conducted a barrage of air strikes on Kurdish positions in northeast Syria early Tuesday, leaving...
US Blacklists 271 Syrian Chemists, Other Experts Over Sarin Attack
The US government put 271 Syrian chemists and other officials on its financial blacklist Monday, punishing them for...
US Slaps Sanctions On Syrian Officials Who Produced Sarin For Assad
The US government has imposed 'sweeping sanctions' on Syrian officials in response to the sarin gas attack the...
A Strategic Prize
Syria's Tabqa, which US-backed forces entered Monday, is doubly strategic: it lies on the road to the Islamic State...
US-Backed Forces Enter Major Jihadist-Held Syria Town
A US-backed alliance of Arab-Kurdish forces entered the key jihadist-held town of Tabqa on Monday as they pursued their...
US Treasury Sanctions Syrian Officials Over Sarin Attack
The US government imposed "sweeping sanctions" on Syrian officials in response to what the US says was a sarin gas...
Al-Qaeda’s Zawahiri Calls For ‘guerrilla War’ In Syria
Al-Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri has called on the armed Syrian opposition to wage guerrilla warfare against the...
Obama Is Back For First Speech Since Leaving Office
After several months off largely out of the public eye, former US president Barack Obama returns to center stage...