Hazem Tahsin Bek on Saturday succeeded his late father as prince of the Yazidi religious minority that was brutalised by the Islamic State group in northern Iraq. He was enthroned in a ceremony in Lalish, the Yazidis' holiest site in Iraq's mountainous northwest, after having been named by...

(Zaman Al Wasl)-  At least 11 civilians, mostly women and children, were killed in heavy regime airstrikes on the town of Ariha in northwestern Idlib province, local activists said Saturday. Air strikes by the Syrian regime and its allies on schools, hospitals, markets and...

Tunisia will bid farewell to its first democratically elected president Beji Caid Essebsi on Saturday at a state funeral attended by foreign leaders, including French President Emmanuel Macron. Essebsi, who helped guide the North African country’s transition to democracy after the 2011...

 Representatives of the Russian embassy in Iran have visited three Russian crew members from the British vessel Stena Impero detained by Iran, the Russian embassy in Tehran said Saturday. The three crew members are in good health and have no complaints about their conditions, but are...