At least seven demonstrators were shot dead in Baghdad late Friday after unidentified men attacked a building near the Iraqi capital's main protest camp, medical and security sources told AFP. Protesters had feared possible violence since Thursday, when thousands of supporters of the...

Lebanon's outgoing prime minister called on several Arab and world leaders Friday to help his country secure credit lines for imports from friendly nations as the tiny Mediterranean country passes through its worst economic and financial crisis in decades. According to a statement...

A Saudi national visiting the United States for military training was the suspect in a shooting attack at a U.S. Navy base in Florida in which four people were killed on Friday, three U.S. defense officials said, speaking on condition of anonymity. Four people including the shooter were...

 (Zaman Al Wasl)- A Syrian man died of wounds sustained during a kidnapping attempt in southern Sweida province, local activists said Friday.  Taher al-Aqbani, 26, was shot by gunmen who tried to kidnap him in the main stronghold of the Druze community. Death of...

A leaked document used by the Labour party to attack the governing Conservatives' Brexit deal was written by a junior civil servant and was an initial appraisal of the deal and not formally approved, a British government source said Friday. British opposition Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn...

Israeli police Friday detained four journalists from the Palestinian Authority's official television station in Jerusalem, drawing protest from Palestinians who say their activities in the holy city are increasingly restricted. The Palestine TV crew was filming a talk show outside of...

Saudi Aramco shares will start trading on Dec. 11, the Saudi securities exchange Tadawul said on Twitter Friday. The Saudi oil giant priced Thursday its initial public offering at 32 riyals ($8.53) per share, raising $25.6 billion and beating Alibaba Group Holding Ltd's record $25...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- A source operating in the Syrian Air Defence Force told Zaman al-Wasl that the defence systems were paralysed and almost caused a disaster during the Israeli strikes last November due to Iran’s radar jamming stations. The source confirmed that...

Indian police on Friday fatally shot and killed four men suspected of raping and killing a woman in southern India, leading some to celebrate their deaths as justice in a case that has sparked protests across the country. The men, who were in police custody and had not been formally...

The Pentagon is considering sending several thousand additional troops to the Middle East to help deter Iranian aggression, amid reports of escalating violence in Iran and continued meddling by Tehran in Iraq, Syria and other parts of the region. John Rood, defense undersecretary for...

Shares swung higher in Asia on Friday after a wobbly day of trading on Wall Street as investors awaited a U.S. government jobs report and kept an eye out for developments in China-U.S. trade talks. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng rose 0.7% to 26,401.47, while the Nikkei 225 in Japan picked up...

Ask voters in this picturesque university town in eastern Scotland how they're voting in next week's election, and they’re likely to transition seamlessly from talking about which candidate they want to send to Parliament to discussing whether or not they want another bite at voting for...

Four people, including a UPS driver, were killed Thursday after robbers stole the driver’s truck and led police on a chase that ended in gunfire at a busy South Florida intersection during rush hour, the FBI said. Both robbers were shot and killed, and the fourth victim was in a nearby...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Syrian storyteller, Rima al-Khattab, recounts in her first work, "Under the Olive Trees," the sorrow of the displaced in Syrian camps, their suffering and tears. The forty-two-story collection chronicles the stories of people who had left an impact on her. She narrates...

Iran said in a letter to the United Nations on Thursday that it is determined to go ahead with its disputed ballistic missile program, according to a copy of the letter tweeted by Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif. “Iran is determined to resolutely continue its activities related to...

Lebanese President Michel Aoun said on Thursday he hoped a new government would be formed quickly to carry out essential reforms in a country grappling with the worst economic crisis since its 1975-90 civil war. More than one month since Saad al-Hariri resigned as prime minister in the face...

Syrian Kurdish mother Shara Sido says the news came to her via a messaging application. She received an image of a bullet-riddled corpse with the instruction: "Come collect your son." Sitting inside a modest house in the de-facto Syrian Kurdish capital of Qamishli, the displaced 65-year-old...

 (Zaman Al Wasl)- Dozen of Syrian detainees are at risk of summary executions in Sednaya military prison north of the capital, local monitoring group said. The Violations Documentation Center in Syria said the Syrian regime is preparing to hold a series of new field trials against...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Bashar al-Assad on Thursday has appointed new police commander for Hama province after deadly clashes between security forces and pro-regime militia in the town of Salhab, local media outlets reported. Maj. Gen. Jassim al-Hamad, former director of the prison department...

At least two civilians were killed and 10 injured in a car bomb attack in northern Syria on Thursday, Turkey's Ministry of National Defense said.  "The baby killer PKK/YPG continues to carry out bloody terrorist attacks just like Daesh/ISIS. "Two civilians were killed and...