Cooling U.S. rate hike expectations helped world shares notch up solid gains on Monday, though they came off highs as investors concluded an oil market pact between Saudi Arabia and Russia lacked substance. Oil surged as much 5 percent on news the two mega producers had signed a deal to...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- At least 6 civilians have been killed on Monday in Russian vacuum missile attack hit al-Sukkari neighborhood in the battleground city of Aleppo, activists said. The fierce aerial bombing on rebel-held Aleppo came as opposition forces fight to break the renewed siege on the...

Fifth-seeded Simona Halep beat 11th-seeded Spanish rival Carla Suarez Navarro 6-2 7-5 on Monday to reach the quarter-finals of the U.S. Open on Monday. The 24-year-old Romanian was broken serving for the match at 5-4 but she broke right back, and after falling behind 0-30 in the 11th game...

(Zaman al-Wasl)- Documents obtained by Zaman al-Wasl reveal stories of how some dissident officers were caught around the corner or just before they planned to escape.  In document number 5899 raised as a confidential and urgent fax by branch 236 to the general intelligence branch...