(Zaman Al Wasl)- Local activists and medics called on international health organizations to interfere to halt the spread of Leishmaniasis disease that has been sweeping the Kurdish-held areas in eastern Deir Ezzor province. So far, 8000 cases have been reported among the residents of...

Leaders and senior representatives from some 20 Muslim nations flocked to the Malaysian capital on Wednesday to discuss issues agitating Muslims globally at a summit Saudi Arabia decided to snub, and Pakistan ducked out of attending. No agenda for the Kuala Lumpur Summit has been released,...

Rifaat al-Assad, uncle of the Syrian president, has been hospitalised in Paris while standing trial for money laundering, his son told AFP Tuesday. "He has been in intensive care since last night (Monday)" at the American Hospital in Neuilly-sur-Seine west of Paris, Siwar al-Assad said....

A Pakistan court Tuesday sentenced former military ruler Pervez Musharraf in absentia to death for treason, state media reported, an unprecedented move in a country where the armed forces are often considered immune from prosecution. "Special Court Islamabad has awarded death sentence to...