A suicide bomber blew himself up at a Shi'ite mosque in eastern Saudi Arabia during Friday prayers, residents said, killing and wounding several people. One witness described a huge explosion at the Imam Ali mosque in the village of al-Qadeeh. He estimated there were at least 30...

 Gaza's economy is on the "verge of collapse," a new World Bank report warned Friday, saying the unemployment rate there is now the highest in the world and calling on Israel and international donors to remedy the situation. It charged that "blockades, war and poor governance have...

Staffan De Mistura, the U.N. Syria envoy, to meet with head of the Syrian National Coalition in the first week of June,  source told Zaman al-Wasl. Last week, De Mistura, who is presiding over the Geneva peace consultations, received  an official rejection by the Western-backed...

Translation by Yusra Ahmed (Zaman Al Wasl)- Sources reported that Syrian National Coalition has started issuing and renewing passports for Syrians living in Turkey, including defected soldiers and officers, beside youth who escaped the compulsory military service and others. Sources mentioned...