(Zaman Al Wasl)- Syrian rebels thwarted a major offensive by regime army and its allies on the town of Halfaya in central Hama province, activists said Sunday. Pro-Assad Sputnik news site said Bashar al-Assad's forces backed by aerial and ground bombardment seek Halfaya capture to push rebels...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Four children from the same family were killed Sunday when the Russian fighter jets hit Urum al-Kubra town in rebel-held western Aleppo countryside, local Coordination Committees said. The attack on Oroom al-Kubra has also left one man killed and three people wounded. The...

Spain has said it would not "initially" veto an attempt by an independent Scotland to join the European Union after Britain has left the bloc, its foreign minister said in interview with Spanish newspaper El Pais. Spain has long been seen as an obstacle to an independent Scotland joining the...

Incessant rains Sunday halted the search for at least two dozen people missing after a landslide swept into a village on Indonesia's main island of Java. Four excavators working under cloudy skies dredged the mud, sand and rocks, piling the debris up to 20 meters (66 feet) high. Chief of...