Russia's parliament is on Tuesday expected to back President Vladimir Putin's controversial constitutional amendments that the Kremlin leader hopes will secure the country's political future for decades to come. In a key second reading parliament's lower house, the State Duma, is set to...

Lebanon is waiting for bondholders to decide whether they will cooperate in a debt restructuring or pursue legal action against the country following its move to suspend a foreign currency debt repayment, the economy minister said Monday. Raoul Nehme told Reuters he did not yet have a sense...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- The Coordinator of the preparatory campaign for the Syrian National Conference denied that the preparatory committee had benefited from the disputes within the National Coalition for Syrian Revolution and Opposition. Major General Mohammed  Haj Ali described the...

In a secluded Bedouin community in the northern Gaza Strip, women are largely limited to raising children and doing household chores, but one girl got past hurdles and broke down barriers to make her mark. In the Al Juron neighborhood in Jabalia, Huda Abu Khousa decided to buck tradition in...