The biggest earthquake in Ecuador in decades has killed 272 people -- but that toll will 'certainly' rise even further, the president said as overwhelmed rescuers struggled to pull survivors out of the destruction. The 7.8-magnitude quake struck the small, oil-producing South American...

Writing by Ethar Abdulhaq (Zaman Al Wasl- Exclusive)- In its most recent issue of its official journal “Dabiq”, Islamic State confirmed death of Abu al-Athir al-Shami, the group's mastermind and effective leader of ISIS-controlled areas in Syria. Amr al-Absi, Abu...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Islamic State fighters took at least 11 villages from regime army and rebel factions in northern Aleppo province, activists said Saturday. Activist Omar al-Shamali told Zaman al-Wasl that Isis had taken villages of Tel Shaeer, Bragheed and Qasajek in the northern countryside...

Pope Francis arrived on the Greek island of Lesbos on Saturday, turning the world's attention to the frontline of Europe's migrant crisis which has claimed hundreds of lives in the past year. Francis, leader of the world's 1.2 billion Roman Catholics, was scheduled to spend...