By Ethar Abdul Haq (Zaman Al Wasl)- A few hours after Washington added his name to the list of criminal organization, “Nasief Barakt” has instantly become a very talked-about figure within a wide segment of the Syrian people. “Zaman al-Wasl” was able to collect some vital...

Iranian police have arrested a former prosecutor known as the "torturer of Tehran," who faces a two-year prison sentence over the death of prisoners following 2009 protests, Iranian media reported Sunday. The official website of the judiciary, Mizanonline.com, said former Tehran...

Around 100 far-right activists on Saturday tried to block a French alpine pass used by migrants in a bid to "ensure that no illegal immigrant can return to France". Members of the rightwing Generation Identity (GI) movement trudged through the snow up to Col de l'Echelle near the border...

A Red Cross employee was killed in Yemen's southern city of Taez on Saturday, an ICRC spokesman said. "One of our colleagues was killed by an armed man in Taez city," Sanaa-based Red Cross official Adnan Hizam told AFP. Most of Taez is government-controlled, but many parts of...