A breakthrough in U.N.-backed Syria peace talks in Geneva this week seems hardly more likely than in seven failed earlier rounds as President Bashar al-Assad pushes for total military victory and his opponents stick by their demand he leave power. U.N. Syria mediator Staffan de Mistura...

The death toll from flash flooding which hit Athens earlier this month has risen to 22, the fire department announced on Monday. The remains of the latest victim were found in the early hours of Monday near a depot in the western Athenian municipality of Mandra. Firefighters are...

Saudi Arabia aims to start issuing tourist visas to foreigners next year, a senior Saudi official told CNN, as the government seeks to open up the conservative kingdom and find new sources of revenue to diversify its economy. At present, foreigners travelling to Saudi Arabia are largely...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Two infants on Monday have lost their lives due to a rainstorm hitting the opposition-held Idlib province amid lack of basic needs, medics told Zaman al-Wasl. Wael Tuaima, 25-day-old, and Yahya al-Hassoun 8-day-old, have lost their lives died as a result of the severe...