Palestinian group Hamas has rejected a French initiative aimed at resuming peace talks between the Palestinians and Israel. In January, then-French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius unveiled plans to hold an international conference aimed at ending the perennial Israeli-Palestinian conflict with...

A powerful earthquake struck west of Indonesia’s Sumatra island Wednesday, a National Disaster Management Agency spokesperson told Anadolu Agency. "[It has] tsunami potential," Sutopo Purwo Nugroho. The National Disaster Management Agency recorded the earthquake as having a magnitude of 8.3...

Foreign military intervention in Libya will only exacerbate the war-torn country’s already dire humanitarian crisis, according to UN deputy envoy to Libya Ali al-Zaatari. ​ In an exclusive interview with Anadolu Agency, Zaatari said that the Libyan crisis appeared to be worsening. "Any...

(Zaman Al Wals)- At least five regime troops killed on Tuesday by Islamic State in the eastern city of Deir Ezzor while 50 fighters of the allied NDF militia reportedly trapped in an ISIS ambush in the al-Teim oil well.   Deir Ezzor Is Being Slaughtered Silently, local monitoring group,...