The U.N. special envoy for Syria said Monday that the convening of a committee to draft a new constitution for Syria on Oct. 30 "should be a sign of hope for the long-suffering Syrian people" — but it will matter only if it becomes a step out of the more than eight-year conflict. Geir...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- ‘Homs Und Ich’, a film by Syrian director Sulaiman Tadmori, participated in the Hamburg Film Festival, which takes place from September 26 to October 5. The documentary tells of steadfastness, hunger and fear during the siege of Homs by the regime army between 2012...

Sudan's first ever women's club football league kicked off Monday, with two teams clashing at a Khartoum stadium as crowds of fans and diplomats cheered. The championship, which involves 21 clubs, would have seemed unlikely just months ago when long time Islamist ruler Omar al-Bashir was in...

North Korea has no intention to give up its nuclear weapons, and Pyongyang benefits from stalling in its stand-off with Washington, U.S. President Donald Trump's ousted national security adviser John Bolton said in a speech on Monday. "It seems to be clear that the DPRK has not made a...