(Zaman Al Wasl)- Syrian poet Abdulrahman Matar has been awarded the annual Empowering Communities Prize by the Multicultural Festival in the Canadian city of Toronto, the former political detainee told Zaman al-Wasl on Tuesday. Matar, originally from eastern Raqqa city, was given...

 Iranian scientist Sirous Asgari has arrived back in Iran after being released from prison by its arch-foe the United States, Iranian media reported Wednesday. The Tasnim, ISNA and Mehr news agencies all carried the same photograph on their Telegram accounts of Asgari, wearing a face...

Thousands thronged the streets of Los Angeles in peaceful protests Tuesday and smaller demonstrations dotted California while authorities renewed overnight curfews in LA and other areas that have seen clashes with police and groups of thieves wreck hundreds of businesses. There were several...

Thousands of South Koreans working at US military bases in the country, furloughed in a row over funding for the American presence on the peninsula, will go back to work this month after Seoul agreed to pay their wages. Washington has around 28,500 troops stationed in South Korea to defend...