A tanker with 22 Indian crew members on board has gone missing off West Africa, officials said Sunday, in waters plagued by piracy. The Panama-registered MT Marine Express, loaded with 13,500 tons of petrol, had been anchored off the Benin city of Cotonou before authorities lost contact with...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Eleven rebel faction in northwestern Syria have formed an operation room to confront the major offensive launched by regime forces and allied Shiite militia, according to statement posted online on Sunday. The new task command included Ahrar al-Sham, Nour el-Din al-Zinki,...

The Israeli government is due on Sunday to discuss giving retroactive approval to a wildcat settlement in the occupied West Bank, where an Israeli rabbi was shot dead last month. The official agenda for Sunday's weekly cabinet meeting says ministers will hear a motion to designate...

Greek Cypriots are gearing up for a presidential runoff on Sunday, barely seven months after the latest failure to reunify the eastern Mediterranean island nation of Cyprus. President Nicos Anastasiades is looking to reprise his triumph over left-leaning Stavros Malas in 2013 when...