South Korea played down a report Tuesday that the North's leader Kim Jong Un was being treated after surgery, as speculation mounted over his absence from a key anniversary. Pyongyang marked the birthday of its late founder, Kim's grandfather Kim Il Sung, on April 15 -- by far the most...

The Taliban have killed at least 23 Afghan troops and nine civilians, officials said Monday, as a fresh wave of violence grips Afghanistan despite a deal with the US and a worsening coronavirus crisis. Under the terms of the US-Taliban deal, the Afghan government and the insurgents were by...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Two Syrian army Colonels were shot dead by an armed group in southern Daraa province, such an attack enrolls in a series of guerrilla war adopted by opposition fighters, local activists said Saturday. The two Colonels had been ambushed in Al-Herak town in the eastern...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Syrian sactivists have surfaced a photo for a newly-released Syrian prisoner, showing a shocking physical condition he had passed through in six years in the regime security chambers. When Abdul Hamid al-Haj Ali arrived his hometown in southern Daraa province, most of...