Dubai authorities are grappling with new ways of keeping the emirate's skies safe after drones halted air traffic at one of the world's busiest airports three times last year. The delays were necessary to protect passengers, officials said, but they hit thousands of travelers and cost...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- US-backed Kurdish fighters backed by US airstrikes on Monday seized control of an oil field and 8 villages from the Islamic State in Deir Ezzor and Raqqa provinces, activists said Tuesday. Ahmed al-Ali, Hasaka-based activist, said SDF took al-Jweif oil well from ISIS in...

Chinese authorities have ordered all motor vehicles in Bayingol prefecture in far-western Xinjiang to be installed with mandatory satellite tracking devices, the latest tough anti-terror measure targeting the ethnically divided region. China has been stepping up already tight security in...

London-based bank HSBC reported Tuesday that annual profit slumped by more than 80 percent following a year of "unexpected economic and political events" that contributed to volatile markets and influenced investment activity. Europe's biggest bank that net profit for 2016 tumbled 82 percent...