(Zaman Al Wasl)- Daesh (ISIS) group has attacked the Iraqi Shiite militia Harakat al-Nujaba near an oil-rich area in the Syrian desert, such a move follows a series of snap attacks by the Islamic State on regime forces and allied militias in the central province of Homs. Badiya 24,...

Rockets were fired overnight at Syria's main Homs refinery and two gas units causing minor damage and disrupting production, oil officials said on Saturday, calling it a "terrorist attack". Fires were extinguished after several hours and maintenance engineers had begun repair work, the...

Police banned public gatherings in parts of the Indian capital and other cities for a third day Friday and cut internet services to counter growing protests against a new law that critics say marginalizes Muslims. Fourteen people have died so far and more than 4,000 have been detained,...

A group of independent UN rights experts strongly criticised Tehran Friday, warning thousands could still be detained after a deadly crackdown on mass protests last month and voicing alarm at reports that inmates have been tortured. The UN expert on the rights situation in Iran, along with...