Spain's maritime rescue service says it has rescued 208 migrants from the Mediterranean Sea in 24 hours. The agency said Thursday the migrants were in three boats and picked up in the so-called Alboran Sea, an area east of the Strait of Gibraltar and one of the most common routes for...

Israel accused Iran Thursday of stepping up efforts to provide its Hezbollah allies in Lebanon with precision-guided missile production facilities, a veiled warning to Beirut that Israeli counter-strikes could escalate. Israel and Hezbollah, which last fought a war in 2006, are on high...

The Palestinian foreign ministry said Thursday it would file a complaint at the United Nations against Honduras, after the Central American state recognised the disputed city of Jerusalem as Israel's capital. Israel considers all of Jerusalem as its undivided capital, while the Palestinians...

Protesters in Indonesia’s easternmost region of Papua set buildings ablaze on Thursday, forcing the state power firm to cut off electricity in parts of the provincial capital of Jayapura, state media and an executive of the utility said. For almost two weeks, the region has been racked by...

The Saudi-led Arab Military Coalition said on Thursday that a Houthi projectile cruise missile hit Abha International Airport, in southern part of the Kingdom. According to the Saudi Press Agency (SPA), the official spokesman of coalition Colonel Turki Al-Malki said: "An enemy projectile...

Unidentified gunmen shot dead four Iraqi soldiers and wounded seven more at a military checkpoint in Anbar province on Thursday, two security sources said. The attack occurred near Garma, a town 50 km northwest of Baghdad, in the early hours of Thursday morning. In a separate incident...

The EU's diplomatic chief said Thursday that the bloc would support talks between the US and Tehran, but only if the current nuclear deal with Iran is preserved. Tehran and Washington have been locked in a bitter standoff since last year when US President Donald Trump unilaterally pulled...

Yemeni separatists have regained full control of the interim capital Aden following clashes with government forces who withdrew from the southern port city, security officials from both sides said Thursday. The separatists brought massive reinforcements from other regions in what appeared...

Italy’s head of state is expected to give two former political enemies the chance to form a new government on Thursday, capping an extraordinary three weeks that could mark a turning point in its frayed relations with the European Union. President Sergio Mattarella meets Prime Minister...

Iraq condemned Bahraini Foreign Minister Khalid bin Ahmed Al Khalifa Thursday for defending Israel’s recent targeting of Hashd al-Shaabi, a largely Shia paramilitary force. “The Foreign Ministry rejects and condemns the Bahraini foreign minister’s tweet about the recent attacks on Arab...

Prime Minister Boris Johnson's government Thursday dared lawmakers who want to stop a no-deal Brexit: change the law or change the government if you want to stop Britain leaving the European Union on Oct. 31. Britain is weeks away from leaving the EU but has yet to secure a deal with...

Racing driver Jessi Combs, considered the "fastest woman on four wheels," was killed in a car accident trying to break her own record, police said Wednesday. Combs's jet car crashed Tuesday in the Alvord Desert where she was pronounced dead at the scene, officers in the northwestern US...

Sebastian Vettel hopes to re-boot his and Ferrari's season this weekend in pursuit of his first victory in more than a year as Formula One returns to action at the Belgian Grand Prix. The four-time world champion won last year?s race at the majestic Spa-Francorchamps circuit, but has been...

Hong Kong police have banned a mass pro-democracy rally from going ahead on Saturday over public safety concerns, organisers said, after last weekend saw some of the worst violence in three months of political unrest in the financial hub. In a letter to the Civil Human Rights Front (CHRF)...

French President Emmanuel Macron's government wants to shrink the country's parliament by 25% as part of an overhaul of French institutions. Now it's up to legislators themselves to approve. The government introduced a draft law Wednesday that would reduce the number of seats in the...

The United States must observe a landmark nuclear deal and halt "economic terrorism" against Iran if it wants to hold talks, the Islamic republic's foreign minister said Thursday. Tehran and Washington have been locked in a bitter standoff since last year when US President Donald Trump...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Pro-regime activists and relatives of the Syrian tycoon Rami Makhlouf said the Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad had held his cousin in custody over 'money discords'. This disagreement led to direct orders to take Makhlouf’s companies and investments into the custody of...

The United States will not release the political portion of its Israeli-Palestinian peace plan before Israel's elections, White House Middle East envoy Jason Greenblatt said Wednesday. "We have decided that we will not be releasing the peace vision (or parts of it) prior to the Israeli...

An abandoned oil tanker anchored off war-torn Yemen that is degrading along with its cargo could explode and cause an environmental disaster, experts said Wednesday as UN inspectors prepared to visit. The ship "Safer", used as a floating storage platform, is laden with some 1.1 million...

Neymar trained with his Paris Saint-Germain teammates on Wednesday as reports in France and Spain indicated a protracted deal to take him back to his old club Barcelona may still be reached before the transfer deadline. The transfer window closes on Monday, September 2, leaving Barcelona in...