At least one soldier was killed and three more wounded in attack by unknown assailants in the western Qalamoun region near Damascus, residents told Zaman al-Wasl Tuesday. The armed group opened fire on the army's checkpoint in the town of Talfita early morning, leaving four killed...

Iran's coronavirus epidemic is still in its first wave, the health ministry said Tuesday, a day after reporting the highest single-day death toll since the country's outbreak began in February. "The coronavirus is currently peaking in border provinces or cities which did not experience a...

Russia's presidential envoy for Afghanistan Zamir Kabulov on Monday slammed reports claiming Russian intelligence officers paid Taliban-linked militants to kill Western forces in Afghanistan. "Too much hype is being created around an outright fake news, which even Trump and his...

Heavy flooding triggered by monsoon rains has forced more than a million people to flee their homes in the northeast Indian state of Assam, authorities said Monday, warning that the crisis was becoming more critical by the hour. The Brahmaputra River, one of the largest rivers in the world...