(Zaman Al Wasl)- Protests against deteriorating living conditions and the government corruption have renewed for the second day in Sweida, Syria’s only majority-Druze province, local activists said Thursday. The state-run news agency reported Wednesday that a few people gathered in a...

Australia's bushfires have killed an estimated 1.25 billion animals and burnt more than a billion trees so far, but even worse, they will cause permanent damage to the country's environment and wildlife presence, according to experts. "The fires have burnt 8.5 million hectares [21 million...

Mikhail Mishustin never had any political ambitions as a career bureaucrat and his name didn't come up as a top candidate to become Russia's next prime minister. But the 53-year-old Mishustin, the longtime chief of Russia's tax service, was tapped for the post by President Vladimir Putin....

China has sent a new remote-sensing satellite into space, local media reported. Reportedly featuring "super-wide coverage" and "resolution at the sub-meter level", the new optical remote-sensing satellite meant for commercial use was launched into orbit from Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center...