The festive spirit of Eid Al-Fitr continued through the weekend with a huge turnout of families at Jeddah's waterfront as authorities intensified patrols and rescue operations to keep the crowds under control and to save holidaymakers from the dangers of the sea. Thousands of people...

An explosion has killed 68 people and injured 187 at a Chinese factory that makes wheels for US carmakers, including General Motors, state media said. The blast happened in Kunshan, a city in the eastern Jiangsu province, on Saturday morning. A preliminary...

Translation by Yusra Ahmed HOMS (Zaman Alwasl)- 5 people will be executed over allegations of committing crimes, robbery and looting in al-Waer neighborhood in Homs this week, according to a joint statement by key rebel groups in Homs. Al-Nusra...

BEIRUT (Reuters) - Islamic State, the al Qaeda splinter group which has seized parts of Syria and Iraq, has told activists in Syria's Deir al-Zor province they must swear allegiance to it and submit to censorship, a monitoring group said on Friday. The militant group imposed...