Fitch Ratings on Monday downgraded Saudi Arabia's credit rating by one notch, citing "rising geopolitical and military tensions in the Gulf region" after unprecedented attacks on the kingdom's oil industry. Drone and missile attacks on two key facilities, including the world's largest oil...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Two army officers were killed when regime forces launched an attack on rebel-held mountainous area in the coastal province of Latakia, activists said Sunday.  The regime army backed by Russian airstrikes launched several attacks to take Tel al-Kabana, a strategic...

Hong Kong’s metro stations and roads re-opened on Monday after a chaotic weekend that saw police fire water cannon, tear gas and rubber bullets at protesters who set fires and threw petrol bombs outside government offices and across central districts. The Chinese territory is on edge...

The U.S.-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) are kidnapping young men for forceful recruitment in northeastern Syria, the state-run news agency SANA reported on Saturday. Through its checkpoint, the Kurdish-led SDF kidnapped 23 people to make them fight in its ranks, said the report,...