(Zaman Al Wasl)-  One person was killed on Sunday when a landmine set off near the border town of Ras al-Ayn, local activists said.   Landmines were planted by the YPG-led Syrian Democratic Forces in the city, days before the Turkish forces and the Syrian...

 Air pollution forced schools to close Sunday in parts of Iran including Tehran, as the capital lay under a thick cloud of smog considered hazardous to health. The pollution level in the capital was "unhealthy for sensitive groups" and officials warned the young, elderly and people...

The Trump administration will announce as early as this week plans to withdraw around 4,000 troops from Afghanistan, US media reported. Talks between the United States and the Taliban resumed a week ago as the parties sought a path to reduce violence or even reach a ceasefire. They were...

Malaysia's health authorities Sunday said they are working with UNICEF to bring polio vaccines to the state of Sabah in Malaysian Borneo, where the country's first polio case in nearly three decades was detected last week. A three-month-old infant was diagnosed with polio on Dec. 6 after...