Suspended UEFA chief Michel Platini vowed to clear his name of sleaze allegations and slammed outgoing FIFA president Sepp Blatter as he pulled out of the race to lead football's world body. Platini told French sports newspaper L'Equipe that he would concentrate on fighting his eight-year ban...

Translation by Yusra Ahmed (Zaman Al Wasl)- Nihad Abed, a Syrian young man has chosen to sit outside in very cold snowing weather in his underwear holding the revolution’s flag, to protest against siege in Madaya. The temperature was almost minus 10, but he expressed to Zaman Al Wasl that...

Chancellor Angela Merkel said Thursday Germany must have a "fundamental" debate about how to integrate newcomers, as police identified 16 people suspected of a shocking rash of sexual assaults blamed on migrants. As outrage grew over the assaults, which included two...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Syrian regime warplanes on Thursday have staged air strikes on Eastern Ghouta towns near Damascus, killing at least 21 people, including children,  and wounding about 140, local activists told Zaman al-Wasl. Local activists said 12 people have been killed in the stricken...