Romania’s centrist President Klaus Iohannis easily won a presidential runoff vote on Sunday as expected, crushing his socialist challenger on a pledge to restart a judicial reform slowed down by successive Social Democrat (PSD) governments. An exit poll conducted by IRES pollster showed...

Libya's UN-recognized Government of National Accord (GNA) on Sunday warned east Libyan forces against imposing a "no-fly zone" over western Libya. On Saturday, a spokesman for forces led by military commander Khalifa Haftar announced a no-fly zone over western Libya. In a statement, the...

After flirting with the idea of running for president in the past, billionaire and former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg on Sunday formally announced his run for the 2020 presidential race to challenge President Donald Trump.   "I’m running for president to defeat Donald...

A senior commander of Iran's Revolutionary Guard has urged the country's judiciary to mete out harsh sentences to what he described as "mercenaries" involved in protests against a fuel price hike last week, the judiciary's Mizan news site reported. "We caught all the mercenaries who openly...

A foreign national was killed and at least five other people wounded in a grenade attack on a United Nations vehicle in Kabul on Sunday, an Afghan official said. The attack happened on a road frequently used by U.N. traffic shuttling workers between central Kabul and a large U.N. compound...

Three Egyptian news editors from local news outlet Mada Masr have been referred for prosecution after plainclothes police raided its office on Sunday, the site said. "We have just got our phones and laptops back. Security forces left. Lina Attalah, Mohamed Hamama and Rana Mamdouh have been...

The leader of a Spanish rescue mission said Sunday that Italian authorities had refused to grant port access to its Open Arms ship, leaving the vessel stranded in rough conditions in the Mediterranean with more than 70 African migrants on board. The 73 migrants were picked up from a packed...

Lebanese security forces briefly arrested five youths, including three minors, for allegedly pulling down a sign for the president's political party, sparking outrage Sunday on social media. Defence lawyers said the five were taken into custody on Saturday evening in the town of Hammana...

A watchdog group asked Israel’s top court on Sunday to order Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to step aside after his indictment on corruption charges, adding to pressure he is facing from within his ruling party. Netanyahu, a four-term conservative leader, has denied the charges of...

While noisy protests rage on Iraq's streets, in the backrooms of power political leaders are quietly hashing out ways to keep their posts and the huge financial rewards they bring. The demonstrations rocking the capital and Shiite-majority south since early October are the biggest...

Rescue workers pulled 18 bodies from the rubble after a plane crashed into a densely populated neighborhood in the city of Goma in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo shortly after take-off on Sunday. The aircraft, operated by local company Busy Bee, was en route to the city of Beni, about...

A woman believed to have belonged to Daesh and her three children has arrived back in her home country Germany, police told AFP Sunday. The woman is the first adult female Daesh member to have been returned through official channels to Germany from Syria. Named only as Laura H., the...

Iran will severely punish "mercenaries" arrested over a wave of street violence that erupted after a sharp hike in fuel prices, a Revolutionary Guards commander warned Sunday. The Islamic republic says it has restored calm after the unrest that broke out on November 15, hours after the...

Prime Minister Boris Johnson is on track to secure a decisive majority of almost 50 lawmakers ahead of Britain’s Dec. 12 national election, according to an analysis of thousands of interviews from opinion polls. Johnson’s Conservative Party looks likely to score around 349 seats in the...

The United States and France are boosting Saudi Arabia’s radar systems following crippling drone and cruise missile attacks on Saudi oil infrastructure in September, which Washington blames on Iran. The chief of the U.S. Central Command and France’s defense minister, whose countries have...

Bolivia's Congress approved a bill Saturday that opens the door to new elections without ex-president Evo Morales, as the caretaker government met with protesters to end weeks of unrest. At least 32 people have been killed in violence that erupted after a disputed election on October 20,...

A record number of Hong Kong people turned out to vote Sunday in district elections viewed as a barometer of support for city leader Carrie Lam, who has been besieged by nearly six months of often violent anti-government protests. Brutal attacks on election candidates in recent weeks have...

Security forces opened fire on protesters in the southern Iraqi city of Nassiriya late Saturday, killing at least three people, police and medical sources said. Protesters had gathered on three key bridges in the city, and security forces used live ammunition and tear gas canisters to...

Ferrari drivers Charles Leclerc and Sebastian Vettel have cleared the air after a Brazilian Grand Prix collision that put both of them out of the penultimate race of the Formula One season, the team said. Team boss Mattia Binotto said after the race at Interlagos that there would be a...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- In an effort to improve oil and gas production in Kurdish-held areas, the US-led Syrian Democratic Forces is building a new power plant south of the Jbeissa oil and gas field in northeastern Hasaka province. A source provided Zaman al-Wasl with aerial photographs of the...