North Korea's state media has slammed Japan for its recent trade restrictions against Seoul over wartime slavery disputes, accusing Tokyo of "destroying the trend of peace" on the Korean peninsula. After South Korea's high court ordered Japanese firms that used forced labour to compensate...

Libya’s El Sharara oilfield, its largest, has been shut down since Friday due to a suspected valve closure and an investigation has been launched, the National Oil Corporation (NOC) said on Saturday. It was not immediately clear what or who had caused the shutting of the valve, but the...

The chairman of Britain's House of Commons Foreign Affairs Committee said Saturday that it would be “extremely unwise” to seek a military solution to free an oil tanker seized by Iran. "If it has been taken to Bandar Abbas then that's an important Iranian military port, and I think any...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Syrian regime forces launched major aerial offensive on the northwestern town of Khan Sheikhoun, carrying out more than 13 raids, senior Civil Defense worker said Saturday.   The regime's fighter jets and helicopters have used barrel and cluster bombs that left...