The deadly coronavirus is spreading out of control in Hong Kong with a record 100 new cases confirmed, the finance hub's leader said Sunday as she tightened social distancing measures to tackle the sudden surge in infections. The finance hub was one of the first places to be struck by...

Syria is holding parliamentary elections across government-controlled areas of the country on Sunday, as President Bashar al-Assad marks 20 years in power amid a continuing war and deep economic woes. More than 2,000 candidates, including businessmen under recently-imposed United States...

EU leaders return for a tense third day of summit talks on Sunday amid a clash over the scale and rules of a huge planned coronavirus economic rescue package. For two days, the Netherlands and its "frugal" allies have resisted the pleas of Germany and France, the bloc's most powerful...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- The German cultural and media circles celebrated Leiser Schrei, the second novel by the young Syrian writer Sulafa Kafi, 18, in German after her novel "Zwei Secunden". When she was 10-year-old, Sulafa moved with her family from the city of Derik (Al-Malikiyah) in...