Having failed to persuade U.S. President Donald Trump to stay in the Iran nuclear accord, French President Emmanuel Macron is reaching out to Russian President Vladimir Putin. Macron heads to St. Petersburg on Thursday amid deep differences with Putin over Syria, Ukraine and alleged...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Around 35,000 of those bussed out of the onetime rebel bastion of Eastern Ghouta near Damascus have resettled in Afrin region by Turkey as the original residents, mostly Kurds, see return as a distant dream. A Turkish-led assault this year displaced over 137,000...

Saudi Arabia is looking to the entertainment sector with a view to diversifying its economy away from petroleum, which has recently suffered from a decrease in international prices. Since Mohammad bin Salman was made crown prince last summer, the kingdom has stepped up its search for...

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif on Wednesday criticized recent remarks by his U.S. counterpart Mike Pompeo as “illusion”. In televised statements, Zarif said Pompeo’s remarks were far from logic and not even worth being answered, according to the official IRNA news...