Zaman al-Wasl's investigative team has obtained credible information about a new pro-Bashar al-Assad militant who applied for asylum in Germany despite being part of the killing machine of the Syrian army and allied militias. Ghadeer Ismail, a former fighter in the regime’s...

In one of the most significant shake-ups in years, the Taliban put the son of the movement's feared founder in charge of its military wing and added powerful figures to its negotiating team ahead of expected talks aimed at ending Afghanistan’s decades of war, Taliban officials say. As...

Iran has sent the black box of the Ukrainian passenger jet that its armed forces mistakenly shot down in January to France for reading, an Iranian semi-official news agency said Saturday. Iran accidentally shot down the Boeing 737-800, killing all 176 people aboard, after mistaking it...

Tens of thousands of people rallied Saturday in the Russian far eastern city of Khabarovsk in new protests in support of a popular governor and in a rare show of defiance against the Kremlin. Sergei Furgal was arrested last week on charges of ordering the killings of businessmen 15...