Jennifer Fenton, the spokeswoman for UN Special Representative for Syria Gerd Pedersen, said the Syrian Constitutional Committee's third round of meetings will need the Bashar al-Assad regime and its opponents to agree on the agenda. "For the Committee to carry out its work under the Rules...

Afghanistan’s president on Monday said that people of his country are optimistic about their future as he called for an Afghan-led and Afghan-owned peace process to succeed. Addressing the eighth ministerial Heart of Asia - Istanbul Process conference in the Turkish city, Ashraf Ghani said...

Democrat Joe Biden's presidential campaign launched new attacks on Donald Trump Sunday, advocating a re-evaluation of U.S.-Saudi relations and calling North Korea's apparent weapons test a "rebuke" to the U.S. president in a statement to Reuters. The statement comes as Trump faces pressure...

Iraqis turned out Monday to mourn a prominent activist gunned down the previous evening, the latest violent episode in anti-government demonstrations in which more than 450 people have died. Adding to the tension, a volley of rockets wounded six Iraqi soldiers on a military base near the...

Saudi Arabia on Monday said its budget deficit for next year would widen as the world's top oil exporter faces tumbling oil prices and production cuts. The kingdom projected a budget deficit of $50 billion for 2020, for the seventh year in a row, up $15 billion on this year, according to an...

(Zaman A Wasl)-  The health sector in the border town of Ras Al Ayn has been damaged since the Turkish military operation began on October 9, sources told Zamanal-Wasl. The private hospitals are out of service due to lack of security and equipment despite the Turkish army's...

 U.S. President Donald Trump and Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman on Sunday discussed last week’s Florida naval base shooting and vowed to work together on the investigation of the attack, which left three people dead and injured eight others. “The Crown Prince reiterated Saudi...

The number of Egyptians switching to dual-fuel vehicles is accelerating as the government pushes motorists to use cheaper, cleaner and plentiful natural gas. About 300,000 vehicles, mostly taxis and minibuses, have been converted to dual-fuel systems since the 1990s — a small fraction of...

Two Syrian siblings have been using social media to call on the international community to help victims of war in their country. Forced by Syrian regime forces to abandon their home in the capital, Damascus, for Eastern Ghouta after the civil war erupted in 2011, Noor and Alla Elhamravi,...

Russian forces have entered Raqqa, the former de facto capital of the Daesh caliphate, in one of the starkest examples yet of how Moscow has filled the vacuum created by President Donald Trump's decision to pull U.S. forces from northern Syria. Russian troops were shown in footage on the...

Iran's budget for next year expects oil prices at $50 a barrel, head of Planning and Budget Organization Mohammad-Baqer Nobakht said in a press conference Monday. Nobakht was quoted as saying by oil ministry's news agency SHANA that the government had prepared the budget on expectations of...

Israel edged closer to a third election within a year Monday as neither the embattled premier Benjamin Netanyahu nor his main rival appeared close to forming a government two days before a deadline. Right-winger Netanyahu and former army general Benny Gantz, who leads the centrist Blue and...

Iran said Monday it was open to more prisoner swaps with the US while stressing an exchange at the weekend was not the result of formal negotiations with its arch-foe. US President Donald Trump thanked Iran for what he called a "very fair negotiation" after an American scholar was released...

Liverpool's confident march towards a first English title since 1990 continued with Mo Salah and Naby Keita both on target in the 3-0 win at Bournemouth. Algerian defender Ramy Bensebaini, meanwhile, took the plaudits during Borussia Moenchengladbach's win over Bayern Munich which kept them...

Algeria's contentious presidential election campaign is highlighting the deep gulf between young people at the heart of a street protest movement and an ageing elite they see as clinging to power. The poll, set for Thursday, will see five candidates, all of them linked to the 82-year-old...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Syrian activists and human rights advocates launched a campaign on social media denouncing the ongoing offensive in northern Syria by regime forces and Russia. #IdlibUnderFire campaign sends a new alert to the international community for what is happening in northern...

The uncle of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad is set to go on trial in Paris Monday on charges of building up a property empire in France using funds from Syrian state coffers. Rifaat al-Assad, dubbed the "Butcher of Hama" for allegedly commanding troops that put down an uprising in central...

Palestinians staged a general strike in the West Bank city of Hebron (Al-Khalil) on Monday in protest of Israeli plans to build a new settlement in the flashpoint city.  Shops and public and private institutions shut their doors as part of the strike, according to an Anadolu Agency...

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un may change his views toward U.S. President Donald Trump if he continues making "inappropriate, dangerous" comments, a senior Pyongyang official said on Monday, calling him an "impatient, old man." Kim Yong Chol, a senior North Korean official who was...

Restaurants and cafes in Saudi Arabia are no longer required to have gender-segregated entrances, officials said, in a further easing of social restrictions in the ultra-conservative Islamic kingdom. Eateries have long required one entrance for single men and another for women and families,...