A U.S. Senate vote to extend the Iran Sanctions Act (ISA) for 10 years shows the world that Washington cannot be relied upon to act on its commitments, Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said on Saturday. Iran has vowed to retaliate against the ISA extension, passed unanimously on...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Armed members of the Democratic Union Party (PYD) broke up a demonstration organized by the Kurdish National Council in the city of Qamishli in al-Hasakah’s countryside on Friday.  Demonstrators were demanding the release of several Kurdish political prisoners. ...

 A senior Syrian opposition official accused Russia on Friday of procrastinating in talks with rebels over Aleppo, signaling no progress in diplomacy which rebels hoped would ease dire conditions in the city where they are in danger of defeat. Buoyed by its rapid capture of several whole...

South Korea's scandal-hit leader Park Geun-hye is hoping to convince the country's ruling Saenuri Party to block her impeachment through talks as soon as this weekend, a presidential office source revealed Friday. The National Assembly's opposition bloc agreed on the same day to start...