Polls opened in Venezuela on Sunday for the election of a new, all-powerful "Constituent Assembly" that President Nicolas Maduro promised would end his country's political and economic crisis by rewriting the constitution. The vote has been fiercely opposed by months of deadly street...

Iraqi intelligence officials say they have foiled an attempt by Daesh (ISIS) to attack revered Shiite shrines and the sect's spiritual leader. Two officers spoke to The Associated Press on Sunday on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to brief the media. They said the...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Syrian regime forces on Sunday have stepped up its aerial campaign on the Embattled eastern Ghouta suburbs despite the one-week-old ceasefire. Civil Defense rescuing group said the town of Ein Tarma has endured to tens of Surface-to-surface missiles that left...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Fierce clashes are underway between the Islamic State and regime army in the eastern countryside of Hama left 13 troops dead, medics told Zaman al-Wasl on Sunday. National hospital of Salamiya town has received 13 corpses for slain soldiers killed in the battleground of...