Japan on Wednesday selected the Chinese character for "disaster" as its "defining symbol" for 2018, a year that saw the country hit by deadly floods, earthquakes and storms. Japanese TV stations broadcast the annual announcement live, with Seihan Mori, master of the ancient Kiyomizu...

 (Zaman Al Wasl)- Regime-held areas in Deir Ezzor province have been experiencing a shortage of bread for weeks as regime officials attribute increased demand for bread to the influx of people fleeing battlefield of Daesh and US-led forces in the eastern countryside. Despite...

The U.S.-led coalition against Daesh on Monday defended striking a hospital in eastern Syria. The Combined Joint Task Force - Operation Inherent Resolve (CJTF-OIR) said in a press release that Daesh terrorists used Hajin Hospital in Deir ez-Zor province as a platform to engage partner...

A Palestinian man was shot dead by Israeli forces near the West Bank city of Hebron on Tuesday, according to the Health Ministry. Omar Awawdeh, 27, was shot in his back by Israeli forces and rushed to hospital in a serious condition, the ministry said in a statement. “He soon...