(Zaman Al Wasl)- Syrian regime forces backed by allied militias took 12 villages from the Islamic State east of Raqqa in a week of clashes, local activists said.    The regime army is racing with the US-led forces to capture territory from ISIS since both side have reached the...

Workers handling carry-on baggage checks at Barcelona's airport plan to go on a 24-hour strike at midnight Monday after an effort to prevent more chaos at the busy airport fell through. Catalonia's regional chief for labor issues, Dolors Bassa, said the security workers voted down the final...

Monsoon floods and landslides have killed at least 94 people across Nepal and India but officials fear that figure could rise sharply as rescuers search for dozens believed lost under mud and in submerged villages. Authorities Sunday upgraded the death toll from flash flooding across...

Israeli ex-president Moshe Katsav, jailed for rape and released in December, has been denied his request to have the conditions of his parole lifted, an official said on Sunday. Katsav had appealed to current President Reuven Rivlin to have the terms scrapped after a parole board rejected...