At least 16 civilians were injured in bomb explosions in the city of Kirkuk in northern Iraq on Saturday, according to a local police officer.  Three devices exploded in the city center, leaving 16 people injured, police captain Hamed al-Obeidi told Anadolu Agency. He said an...

 Germany's Social Democrats (SPD) will on Saturday announce the winner of a party leadership ballot. After the result, the first task will be to decide whether to quit the ruling coalition with Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservative bloc. The oldest party in Germany is in turmoil...

Max Verstappen topped the times for Red Bull ahead of both Mercedes in Saturday’s closely-contested third and final practice for Sunday's Abu Dhabi Grand Prix. The top three were separated by less than a tenth of a second at the Yas Marina circuit where the Dutchman clocked a best lap in...

Secondary-school students and retirees joined forces to protest in Hong Kong on Saturday, the first of several weekend rallies planned across the city, as pro-democracy activists vowed to battle what they say are police brutality and unlawful arrests. A top Hong Kong official said the...

Air pollution forced the closure of schools and universities in parts of Iran on Saturday, including Tehran, which was cloaked by a cloud of toxic smog, state media reported. The decision to shut schools and universities in the capital was announced late Friday by deputy governor Mohammad...

Iraqis kept up their anti-government protests in Baghdad and across the south on Saturday, unsatisfied with the prime minister's planned resignation and insisting "all corrupted people" must step down. Prime Minister Adel Abdel Mahdi announced on Friday he was planning to submit his...

 (Zaman Al Wasl)- At least 6 troops killed in an ambush by the Turkish-backed forces in northern Idlib province overnight, military sources told Zaman al-Wasl. The National Liberation Front has ambushed the regime forces near the town of Tal Dam east of Idlib city. The...

The 28-year-old British man who killed two people in a stabbing spree on London Bridge before police shot him dead had previously been convicted of terrorism offenses and was released from prison last year. Sporting a fake suicide vest and wielding knives, Usman Khan went on the rampage...

A new round of talks on Syria peace failed to start due to failure to reach an agreement on the agenda, said a UN official on Friday.  “It was not possible to call for a meeting of the small body of 45 because there has not been an agreement on the agenda,” UN Special Envoy for Syria...

Tens of Damascus shop owners went on strike Friday, protesting the deteriorating value of the Syrian pound against the dollar that hits 800 for $1, local activists said. The Political Security Division threatened to arrest the merchants who close their shops for monopoly purposes....

Algerians thronged their capital Friday to insist that a presidential election set for December—12 must not go ahead before a change of regime. Protesters fear the poll will cement in power politicians close to ex-president Abdelaziz Bouteflika, who quit in April under popular pressure after...

 (Zaman Al Wasl)- The National Liberation Front has thwarted four incursion attempts by regime forces and allied Shiiite militias in coastal Latakia province Friday, killing 18 troops and destroying two tanks, rebel sources told Zaman al-Wasl. The strategic Kabana hilltops have...

The death toll of Tal Halaf’s car bomb has reached 25 as 45 more people have been wounded, local activists told Zaman Al Wasl. The attack took place last Tuesday in the Tal Halaf village west of the city of Ras Al-Ayn, which is now controlled by the Turkish military after its offensive in...

A second week-long round of Syrian talks has ended without a meeting of the group of 45 delegates meant to be negotiating on the constitution, United Nations Special Envoy Geir Pedersen said Friday. The Syrian regime and opposition co-chairs were unable to agree on agenda for the...

Black Friday shoppers fought for parking spots and traveled cross-state to their favorite malls, kicking off a shortened shopping season that intensified the mad scramble between Thanksgiving and Christmas. The shopping season is the shortest since 2013 because Thanksgiving fell on the...

London Mayor Sadiq Khan says police are not looking for anyone else in the stabbings that took place near London Bridge. The mayor commended the “breathtaking heroism” of the members of public who intervened in the incident, running toward the suspect. The man was later shot dead by...

Protesters in cities across the world staged rallies Friday demanding leaders take tougher action against climate change, days before the latest global conference, which this year takes place in Madrid. The rallies kicked off in Australia, where people affected by recent devastating...

Israeli forces shot dead a Palestinian teen near the Gaza border Friday, the health ministry in the Hamas-run enclave said. Fahd al-Astal, 16, died after being shot in the stomach east of Khan Yunis in southern Gaza, with four other Palestinians wounded, it said. Weekly border...

London’s Metropolitan Police say that though the circumstances of an incident on London Bridge remain unclear, authorities are treating it as if it is terror-related. The police acknowledged one man had been shot in the incident that began at 1:58 p.m. on Friday. The police say that “at...

Iraq’s prime minister said Friday he would submit his resignation to parliament, a day after more than 40 people were killed by security forces and following calls by Iraq's top Shiite cleric for lawmakers to withdraw support. The move by Adel Abdul-Mahdi 13 months after he took over as...