Venezuela's opposition leader Juan Guaido admitted on Wednesday that talks with the government of President Nicolas Maduro aimed a resolving the country's political crisis "aren't working." Talks mediated by Norway first took place in May in Oslo with several subsequent rounds in Barbados....

The Lebanese army opened fire at Israeli drones in south Lebanon on Wednesday in a rare incident as tensions mount between the neighbouring countries. Lebanese Shiite movement Hezbollah, with which Israel has fought several wars, accused the Jewish state of carrying out a drone attack...

Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) have looked inseparable on the world stage, working together to project power in the Middle East and beyond, and courting U.S. President Donald Trump to counter common foe Iran. From Egypt to Sudan and the Horn of Africa, the two Gulf...

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson will limit parliament’s ability to derail his Brexit plan by cutting the amount of time it will sit between now and EU exit day on Oct. 31, infuriating opponents who urged Queen Elizabeth to intervene. In his boldest move yet to take the country out of...

Tunisia’s Defence Minister Abdelkarim Zbidi will amend the constitution if he wins September’s presidential election to end an “unreasonable” division of power between the prime minister and the head of state, he told Reuters, a move rivals oppose. Zbidi, among a few prominent candidates in...

President Hassan Rouhani called on Iranians on Wednesday to unite to overcome an “economic war” waged by the United States, while his government said it would use diplomacy to try to solve the standoff even though it distrusted President Donald Trump. Tensions between Tehran and Washington...

 The United States imposed sanctions Wednesday on two networks it says are linked to Iran's government and military organizations. One of the networks used a Hong Kong-based front company to evade U.S. and international sanctions and target U.S. technology and components for people...

Yemen government forces have reclaimed control of the interim capital Aden, including the presidential palace, after the city was seized by separatists earlier this month, a minister said Wednesday. Forces loyal to the internationally recognized government of Yemeni President Abed Rabbou...

The European Commission said Wednesday it had opened an investigation into Google's job search tool on competition grounds, having identified a conflict of interest. The move is the latest in a string of EU probes of the US giant's business practices, which have already led to billions of...

Israel's army has opened social media accounts in Farsi in a bid to reach out to the people of Iran, the military said on Twitter Wednesday. The announcement came after a series of incidents that have raised tensions between Iran and Israel, which has vowed to stop its arch-enemy from...

Tense talks aimed at forming a new Italian government inched forward on Wednesday as two major political parties, struggling to bury years of hostility and avoid snap elections, agreed to re-install Giuseppe Conte as prime minister. The anti-establishment 5-Star Movement and the opposition...

Russia and Turkey are discussing the possibility of deliveries of the Russian-made Sukhoi Su-57 stealth fighter jet and Su-35 aircraft to turkey, the RIA news agency cited a Russian official as saying Wednesday. Russia began delivering S-400 missile systems to Turkey this year, in a step...

At least 500 incidents of protest have broken out in Indian Kashmir since New Delhi stripped the region of its autonomy and imposed a military clampdown more than three weeks ago, a senior government source told AFP Wednesday. The Himalayan valley is under a strict lockdown, imposed hours...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- The United States is warning businesses against participating in an annual trade fare this week in the Syrian capital, Damascus. The U.S. Embassy in Syria, which closed the mission early on in the country's eight-year civil war, posted a statement on Twitter ahead of...

South Korea on Wednesday slammed Japan for effectively downgrading Seoul's trade status and accused Prime Minister Shinzo Abe of treating the neighbour as an "adversary". The comments are the latest in a bitter tit-for-tat row stemming from a long-running diplomatic dispute over Japan's use...

Forces loyal to Yemen's internationally-recognised government of President Abedrabbo Mansour Hadi have recaptured Abyan province, a week after it was seized by southern separatists, officials said Wednesday. It was the second southern province to be retaken by government forces in southern...

After months of unrest, Sudan's newly-appointed prime minister is due on Wednesday to announce a cabinet that will be the first since veteran ruler Omar al-Bashir was deposed more than four months ago. Premier Abdalla Hamdok is set to name his key picks from a field put forward by the...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Most merchants in Syria’s Damascus have been complaining of a recession hitting their stacked merchandise, a Syrian business website reported.  Some say it is the usual post-Eid al-Adha recession. However, others believe that this is due to the high cost of...

Brazil will accept G7 countries’ offer to provide more than $20 million to Amazonian countries to help fight forest fires only if the leader of France withdraws his "insults," Brazil’s President Jair Bolsonaro said Tuesday. Bolsonaro denied rejecting the financial aid but told reporters his...

Taliban militants killed at least 14 members of a pro-government militia in Afghanistan on Wednesday, said officials, as Taliban and U.S. officials near a deal aimed at ending the 18-year war. Government officials said 14 members of the militia were killed and several civilians were wounded...