Peaceful protests against the Syrian government continued for a second day in the southern Syrian city of Sweida on Monday due to deteriorating economic and security conditions in the country. The demonstrators gathered in front of the governorate building, despite security authorities...

Abeer al-Howayan despaired of ever working after spending eight years trying to find a job that would put her chemistry degree to use in the Saudi Arabian town of Al Ula. She eventually abandoned her scientific ambitions and turned to selling homemade cakes, before she was chosen last...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Syrian poet Abdulrahman Matar has been awarded the annual Empowering Communities Prize by the Multicultural Festival in the Canadian city of Toronto, the former political detainee told Zaman al-Wasl on Tuesday. Matar, originally from eastern Raqqa city, was given...

Thousands thronged the streets of Los Angeles in peaceful protests Tuesday and smaller demonstrations dotted California while authorities renewed overnight curfews in LA and other areas that have seen clashes with police and groups of thieves wreck hundreds of businesses. There were several...