Indigenous-led protesters began a national strike in Ecuador on Wednesday after President Lenin Moreno refused to step down or overturn anti-austerity measures that have triggered the worst unrest in a decade. Streets were empty of traffic and businesses were closed in Quito and other...

Two civilians were killed and four others injured in Idlib, a de-escalation zone in Syria’s northwest, when Bashar al-Assad regime carried out attacks, according to local sources on Wednesday. Assad regime’s surface-to-surface missiles in Birnas village left two civilians dead and four...

Turkey's operation east of Euphrates in northern Syria cherishes hopes for Syrian refugees to return to their homes after they were forcibly dislocated by terrorist YPG/PKK since the conflict started in 2011. Syrians living in Turkey’s southeastern Sanliurfa province are looking forward...

Supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said Wednesday that Iran could have taken the step to develop nuclear weapons but will not because their use is "haram", or forbidden in Islam. "Although we could have taken steps on this path, based on Islamic ruling we firmly and bravely said we won't...