(Zaman Al Wasl)- Syrian rebels on Saturday have taken control of three villages from regime forces in northern Idlib province after a major attack left 13 troops killed, military sources said. The National Liberation Front has ambushed the regime forces near the town of Tal Dam...

Thousands of activists sought Saturday to occupy several opencast coal mines in eastern Germany, to put pressure on the government to phase out the fossil fuel -- a divisive issue in the country's rust belt. With painted faces and dressed in white, hundreds of campaigners sought to force...

Several hundred Algerians marched Saturday in support of a presidential election rejected by a mass protest movement that has rocked the North African country since February. The march was organised by the UGTA trades union group which is close to the National Liberation Front of former...

The death toll from a powerful Albanian earthquake rose to 50 as the search for survivors was called off, Prime Minister Edi Rama said Saturday. The 6.4 magnitude quake that hit the Balkan country before dawn on Tuesday was the most deadly and destructive in decades, and left about 5,000...