Iranian authorities have arrested seven people suspected of helping militants involved in this week's attacks in the capital Tehran, a judiciary official said on Saturday. ISIS claimed responsibility for the suicide bombings and gun attacks on parliament and the mausoleum of the Islamic...

Three siblings and their grandmother were killed early Friday after Saudi-led coalition forces dropped munitions on three houses in the Yemeni capital, the children's father said. Rachid Hadi told The Associated Press that he and his wife survived the airstrike but their children were...

As Britain gets to grips with another shock election result, in northern England pro-Brexit voters’ sympathy for the beleaguered Conservatives was in short supply. “I think we’re in a total mess,” said postman Eric Peters, 58, dashing through the city of Wakefield. “For me, I don’t know...

As a boy, Ramzi Aburedwan found himself caught up in the first Palestinian intifada, a well-known photo at the time showing him holding stones to throw at Israeli soldiers. He has since become a respected musician and composer, who gives back to children from Palestinian refugee camps, like...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Saudi Foreign Minister Adil al-Jubeir's statement that Qatar should stop supporting the Muslim Brotherhood and Hamas is far less than the size of the fierce campaign against Qatar, but in fact it is possible the campaign will escalate further. So Is the siege of Qatar...

The United States and Russia are quietly holding talks on creating a "de-escalation zone" in southwestern Syria, Western diplomats and regional officials said, but could face fierce opposition from Iran. The Russian and U.S. special envoys for Syria, Alexander Lavrentiev and Michael Ratney,...

The Pentagon credited Russia on Friday for helping calm tensions in southern Syria after a US jet shot down a pro-regime combat drone that had fired at coalition forces. In the first incident of its type, the pro-regime drone on Thursday fired what turned out to be a dud bomb at US-led...

A Palestinian was killed by Israeli gunfire during clashes in the northern Gaza Strip on Friday, said the health ministry of the Islamist movement Hamas which runs the territory. "Aeid Jumaa, 35, was killed and six other Palestinians were wounded during clashes along the Gaza border (with...

President Donald Trump said he was vindicated and derided James Comey as a "leaker" on Friday after the fired FBI director accused him of lying and trying to quash an investigation into a former national security adviser. Trump broke his silence on Comey's damning congressional testimony...

Iraq's Kurds said on Friday a referendum on independence will go ahead despite warnings internationally that a vote in favor of secession could trigger conflict with Baghdad at a time when the fight against ISIS is not yet won. The Kurds have played a major role in the eight-month-old...

 Thousands packed Tehran’s streets on Friday to mourn the victims of two suicide bomb and gun attacks, and joined their supreme leader in accusing regional rival Saudi Arabia of involvement in the assaults. People in the crowds, some crying, chanted "Death to Saudi Arabia" alongside the...

A powerful Al-Qaeda-linked group Friday claimed an attack on a United Nations camp that killed three peacekeepers in Kidal in Mali's troubled north. The Group to Support Islam and Muslims, a fusion of three Malian extremist groups with previous Al-Qaeda links, posted a statement on its...

Three people were wounded when a car bomb in Turkey's southeastern province of Batman targeted a gendarmerie station Friday, police and hospital sources said. Two soldiers and one civilian were wounded by the blast, at a checkpoint in front of the station in Batman's Bekirhan district, the...

Washington buzzed with new questions Friday after ousted FBI director James Comey accused President Donald Trump of lies and defamation, in gripping testimony that undermined an already troubled White House. During almost three hours of extraordinarily frank statements before a Senate...

 A suicide bomber detonated his explosive belt in a market east of the Shi'ite holy city of Kerbala Friday, killing at least 20 and wounding 25, Iraqi security sources said. Islamic State claimed the attack in the town of Musayab, in a statement on its Amaq news agency. Read...

Iranian authorities have arrested two suspects linked to attacks in Tehran this week that killed 17 people, Iranian media reported on Friday. "Two suspects with links to the terrorist raids in Tehran on Wednesday have been arrested in (the western Iranian province of) Kermanshah," state TV...

A man armed with a knife is holding employees hostage at a job center in Newcastle in northeast England, police said Friday. "Specialist negotiators are at the scene," Northumbria Police said in a statement, adding that there were no reports of injuries. Police said student accommodation...

Russian President Vladimir Putin says he is encouraged by the peace process seeking to put an end to the war in Syria. Russia along with Turkey and Iran sponsored talks in the Kazakh capital Astana bringing together the Syrian government and the opposition and focused on reducing violence....

Turkey Friday called a plan by Iraqi Kurds to hold a referendum on independence a "terrible mistake", saying that Iraq's territorial integrity and political unity was a fundamental principle for Ankara. "We think this will represent a terrible mistake," the foreign ministry said in a...

European Union leaders fear Prime Minister Theresa May's shock loss of her majority in the snap British election will delay Brexit talks due to start this month and raise the risk of negotiations failing. Guenther Oettinger, the German member of the European Commission, said it was unclear...