A Belgian bomb squad found no explosives after a man who claimed to be carrying a bomb in his car was stopped by police, Brussels prosecutors said on Tuesday. "It's a mentally unstable person," a spokeswoman for prosecutors said. "The military did not find any explosive in his vehicle."...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Judicial sources revealed to Zaman al-Wasl revealed that Hama province has a crime rate of more than 100 murders and attempted murders a month due to spread of mercenary gangs weapons. The sources pointed to the grim situation in Salamiye in particular, where it...

Syrian regime and allied forces have taken the last major town in Homs province from Islamic State, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said on Saturday, as the army advances toward militant strongholds in the east of the country. The town of al-Sukhna lies some 50 km (30 miles)...

 Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has pledged to increase sanctions on the Gaza Strip, drawing a fresh attack from Hamas. Abbas, the leader of the internationally-recognised Palestinian government based in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, has been seeking to weaken Hamas by cutting...