A car bomb exploded on Saturday on a busy street in the Somali capital Mogadishu, killing three people and wounding eight, a police officer said. The toll is likely to rise, Police Major Nur Farah said at the scene of the blast. "The place is busy with hotels and supermarkets. Most of the...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- The U.N. Commission of Inquiry on Syria phoned Zaman al Wasl Friday to get more information over an asylum seeker and a former Syrian regime soldier who was involved in mass torture photos published early 2014. Zaman al Wasl has provided the "Independent International...

A U.N.-backed roadmap to end the Syrian war was met with skepticism Saturday by members of the country's fractured opposition who insist President Bashar Assad must go to achieve peace. The U.S. and Russian initiative, unanimously approved by the U.N. Security Council on Friday, foresees talks...

The United Arab Emirates has secretly sent some 300 Colombian mercenaries to fight for it in Yemen, paying handsomely to recruit a private army of well-trained, battle-hardened South American soldiers, sources told AFP. The sources, who spoke on condition of...