Ali Haddad, a key backer of Algeria's former leader Abdelaziz Bouteflika and one of the country's top businessmen, was jailed for six months Monday for holding two passports, state television reported. The former head of Algeria’s business confederation was arrested in late March on the...

A rocket fire has killed 12 civilians in a regime-held village in northwestern Syria, state-run news agency SANA has said blaming former Al-Qaeda affiliate Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham for the attack. SANA said 15 people were also wounded late Sunday in the attack on Al-Wadihi village south of...

The Kremlin Sunday warned against "baseless accusations" over last week's attacks in the Gulf of Oman on two oil tankers, blamed by Washington and Riyadh on Iran. "Such incidents can undermine the foundations of the world economy. That's why it's hardly possible to accept baseless...

Iran will announce further moves on Monday to scale back compliance with an international nuclear pact that the United States abandoned last year, the semi-official Tasnim news agency reported on Sunday. “Iran’s Atomic Energy Organisation tomorrow at the Arak heavy water site will...