Over 590 Syrians living in Turkey have voluntarily returned to their homes in the newly-captured areas by the Turkish army and allied Syrian National Army, the country’s National Defense Ministry on Thursday. Operation Euphrates Shield and its successors, Operation Olive Branch in...

Turkey and Libya's internationally recognized government have signed an agreement on maritime boundaries in the Mediterranean Sea as well as a deal on expanded security and military cooperation, the Turkish government said Thursday. There were no immediate details on the maritime accord,...

Iran rejects as “irresponsible” comments by France that it is seriously considering triggering a mechanism within the Iran nuclear deal that could lead to U.N. sanctions, Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Abbas Mousavi said on Thursday. “Iran’s scaling back of its nuclear commitments was...

The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) said Thursday it was repatriating 128 detainees from Saudi Arabia to the Houthi-held Yemeni capital of Sanaa. In an announcement posted on Twitter, the neutral aid agency said: "Today we are repatriating 128 #detainees from #KSA to #Sanaa....

Manchester City's parent company City Football Group announced on Thursday that it had bought a majority stake in Mumbai City, expanding its global empire of teams. The Premier League club tweeted that CFG was delighted to welcome the Indian club to its "family of clubs". "City Football...

Israel on Thursday demolished the West Bank homes of four Palestinians accused of a deadly attack, sparking clashes with stone-throwing protesters, the army and an AFP journalist said. The houses in the village of Beit Kahil near Hebron in the occupied West Bank were home to men who were...

Iraqi security forces cracked down on anti-government protesters in the strife-torn south Thursday, leaving 13 people dead in a bloody escalation hours after the torching of an Iranian consulate. Prime Minister Adel Abdel Mahdi, as commander in chief of the armed forces, dispatched...

Two Turkish soldiers were killed in southern Turkey in a mortar attack near a military base in the town of Akcakale on the Syrian border, Turkey's Defense Ministry said Thursday, adding that Turkey had retaliated. The attack took place Wednesday and targeted a base across from the Syrian...

He stole the hearts of cinephiles around the world with his touching performance in Nadine Labaki’s Oscar-nominated film “Capernaum,” and now it appears that 15-year-old Zain Al-Rafeea has won over A-lister Salma Hayek. The actress uploaded a picture of herself cozying up to the former...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- One civilian was killed and ten more people, including five rescue workers, were wounded in a missile attack by pro-regime militias in northern Idlib province, activists said  Wednesday . Three Long-range missiles rocked the region of Jisr al-Shughour...

Barcelona defeated Borussia Dortmund Wednesday to book a spot in the last 16 of the UEFA Champions League. A goal from close range by forward Aleksei Luis Suarez gave the hosts the lead 29 minutes into the match. Four minutes later, the Argentine superstar Lionel Messi doubled the lead...

The Syrian regime on Wednesday continued blocking Constitutional Committee meetings in Geneva for a third consecutive day.  Hadi Albahra, co-chair of the opposition side on the committee, told reporters that the regime had proposed adding an item to the agenda that fell outside the...

Iraq condemned an attack on Iran’s consulate in the southern city of Najaf, its state news agency said early on Thursday, citing the foreign ministry, after the building was stormed and set ablaze by Iraqi protesters the previous day. Wednesday’s attack was ‘aimed at damaging the historical...

China on Thursday threatened to retaliate after US President Donald Trump signed legislation supporting Hong Kong pro-democracy protesters, just as the world's top two economies edge towards a trade truce. Trump had seemed reluctant to sign the legislation, but came under heavy pressure...

The UN's top official on refugees on Wednesday urged Greece to improve conditions in refugee camps, saying Europe must do more for the country.  Speaking to reporters after visiting refugee camps on Greece's Aegean island of Lesbos, UN High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi told...

A hospital in Tal Abyad town in northern Syria, which was transformed as a YPG/PKK terror headquarters, has been fully repaired by Turkey’s military with the help of other state institutions, the Turkish Defense Ministry said. According to a statement by Turkey’s Ministry of Defense, the...

Britain's premier on Wednesday apologized for Islamophobia in his Conservative Party, saying there would be an internal inquiry into the issue before Christmas, according to local reports.  Visiting Goonhilly Earth Station in Cornwall, Boris Johnson expressed to reporters his apology...

I’ve spent months these past eight years in Syria’s amputated cities. They are a scar on all our lives – the Russians, the Syrians, the armed Islamists, the western powers that spent more time trying to destroy Syria than the Syrian regime. The bodies buried deep within these heaps of...

The death toll in Tuesday’s 6.4 quake in western Albania has risen to 26, with hundreds of injuries, some serious, according to officials.  The number of casualties in Thumane, adjacent to the Adriatic coastal city of Durres, is now 26, said the Defense Ministry on Wednesday. Some...

At least 13 people were killed Wednesday in eastern DR Congo by an armed group blamed for a string of massacres that have sparked deadly protests against the UN's peacekeeping mission, officials said. Thirteen people were "killed at dawn" near the town of Oicha, 30 kilometres (18 miles)...