Documents obtained by Zaman Alwasl showed that Bashar al-Assad’s Authorities had agreed to arm Syrian Business men, especially in the embattled city of Aleppo over security precautions. Activists said that most merchants of Syria's commercial capital...

The rising threat of war between  Ukraine  and  Russia spooked markets and sent investors scurrying for relative safety on Monday, pushing stocks down sharply and lifting gold to a four-month high. With Russian troops already on Ukrainian soil after an incursion...

The slavery drama "12 Years a Slave" won the Academy Award for best picture on Sunday, making history as the first movie from a black director to win the film industry's highest honor in 86 years of the Oscars. British director Steve McQueen's unflinching portrayal of pre-Civil War...

Ukraine said  Russia  was building up armored vehicles on its side of a narrow stretch of water near the Ukrainian region of Crimea after President Vladimir Putin said he had the right to invade his neighbor, prompting a sell-off in Russian assets. Ukraine mobilized for war...