Tunisians began on Sunday to vote in the country’s first local election since a popular uprising ousted autocrat Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali in 2011.   Polling stations opened at 8:00 a.m. (0700 GMT) across the North African country.   "We vote to improve municipal...

Israel struck a facility of the Gaza Strip's Hamas rulers overnight, the movement's military wing said on Sunday, with the Israeli army saying it was reacting to kite-borne fire bombings. A military spokeswoman said it was a direct response to a new Palestinian tactic of flying kites...

The Iraqi air force carried out a new strike on a Daesh (ISIS) position inside Syria, Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi's office said in a statement Sunday. The strike targeted a position used by the commanders of the group, south of the town of Deshaisha, the statement said. "The position was...

 (Zaman Al Wasl)- The third batch of southern Damascus evacuees has arrived to rebel-held areas in Aleppo province on Sunday. It was the third day of transfers for the towns of Yalda, Babila, and Beit Saham where around 2700 people, including rebels and civilians left on Saturday....