The European Union's top diplomat on Tuesday voiced the hope that Iran would play an important but constructive role in a renewed United Nations push to restart negotiations aimed at ending the four-year civil war in Syria. The U.N. envoy to Syria, Staffan de Mistura, has said he will...

(Reporting by Ma'moon Abu Mohamed; Translation by Yusra Ahmed) Syrian regime’s customs have seized huge amounts of products from traders in many shops after resuming their activities in famous Dablan market in Homs, Activists confirmed to Zaman al-Wasl. Activists mentioned...

Saudi Arabia's King Salman on Wednesday named his powerful Interior Minister as heir to the throne and a son as second in line, under a shakeup that also saw the world's longest-serving foreign minister replaced. "We have decided to respond to his highness and what he had expressed about...

The Nigerian army said Tuesday that at least 200 girls and 93 women have been rescued from the notorious Sambisa forest, a Boko Haram stronghold. "Troops this afternoon rescued 200 girls and 93 women from Sambisa forest," the defense headquarters said on Twitter. "We cannot confirm if the...