Germany’s foreign minister on Tuesday said China must fulfill human rights obligations as United Nations experts and activists say at least 1 million Uighurs and members of other largely Muslim minority groups have been detained in camps in Xinjiang. “China must meet its international...

Thirteen French troops who were on operation against jihadists in Mali were killed in a helicopter accident on Nov. 25, the French president’s office said in a statement on Tuesday.

 Turkish authorities on Tuesday ordered the detention of 168 people, including military personnel, with suspected links to the network that Ankara says orchestrated a 2016 coup attempt. Ankara has cracked down on suspected followers of Fethullah Gulen, a U.S.-based Muslim cleric, since...

At least six people have died after the most powerful earthquake to hit Albania in decades rocked the capital of Tirana and surrounding region early on Tuesday, causing several buildings to collapse and burying residents in the rubble. The 6.4 magnitude quake struck shortly before 4 a.m....

Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam acknowledged on Tuesday that the record turnout in local elections won by opposition, pro-democracy candidates highlighted dissatisfaction with her administration, while appealing for an end to violent protests. Appearing tired and drawn, Lam spoke a day after...

Clashes between supporters of Lebanon’s caretaker prime minister, Saad al-Hariri, and Shi’ite groups Hezbollah and Amal erupted into gunfire in Beirut late on Monday, state news agency NNA reported. The clashes marked the second consecutive night of violence linked to Lebanon’s political...

 Russia plans to sign a new contract with Turkey to supply its S-400 surface-to-air missile systems in the first half of 2020, the head of Russian state arms exporter Rosoboronexport, Alexander Mikheev, said, according to RIA Novosti news agency. “We hope that in the first half of 2020...

Protesters, who have demanded proportional representation system for the general elections, faced intervention of the security forces early Tuesday in Georgia’s capital city Tbilisi. Protesters were disbanded by security forces after closing the entrances of the parliament building to...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- In Syria, war has left its mark on everything, even on the relationship between mothers and their newborns, leaving a rift between them discerned in the declining breastfeeding practice. According to the observations of doctors in clinics and hospitals, operating in the...

Airstrikes by the Syrian regime and its Russian allies on the Idlib de-escalation zone have killed at least 100 civilians since the beginning of this month, according to a local NGO. Also, 50,000 people from 10,000 families in Idlib, northwestern Syria were displaced in attacks by...

 (Zaman Al Wasl)- The Syrian regime has transferred five political detainees from Sweida central prison to notorious Sednaya Military prison near the capital, a step before being executed, a well-informed military source told Zaman al-Wasl Monday.   Names of the detainees are...

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s Likud party will hold a leadership vote, a Likud challenger said on Sunday, as pressure mounted on the veteran leader to step aside after his indictment on corruption charges. Israeli media reported the Likud primary would be held in six weeks. A...

Following Turkish military operations clearing areas in northern Syria from terrorists, a university in a Turkish border region has set to offer education in the liberated areas. Gaziantep University, located in the southeastern Turkish province of the same name, established faculties in...

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov voiced concern on Monday over possible interference in the work of the Syrian Constitutional Committee in Geneva. Speaking at a news conference in Moscow, Lavrov said "there are many supporters" of the disruption of the committee's work. "There is...

Kazakhstan's Foreign Ministry on Monday said that a meeting will discuss Syria's confidence building measures on Dec. 10-11 in capital Nur-Sultan. At the 14th meeting of the guarantors on Syria, measures including the release of prisoners, search for losses and the activation of...

A major Lebanese business group called on Monday for a three-day general strike to press divided politicians to form a government and end a crisis that has brought the economy to a standstill. Lebanon has faced five weeks of protests, fueled by anger at corruption among sectarian...

Yemen is now grappling with an epidemic of dengue fever, adding to its woes of war and cholera, the Red Cross said Monday. While U.N. officials recently said the intensity of the war has eased, Yemen still faces a very dire humanitarian situation, said Robert Mardini, head of the...

Hundreds of Sudanese women Monday marched in Khartoum to mark International Day for Eliminating Violence against Women, in the first such rally held in the northeast African country in decades. Chanting "Freedom, peace, justice," the catchcry of the protest movement that led to autocrat...

Russia and the West are braced for a fresh showdown at the world's chemical weapons watchdog this week over a new team that will name culprits for attacks in Syria for the first time. The investigators' first report identifying perpetrators is expected early next year, and tensions are...

At least 146 demonstrators were killed across Iran since leaders ordered security forces to stamp out protests that followed fuel price rises on Nov. 15, Amnesty International said Monday. "According to credible reports ... those killed include at least 143 people," said the London-based...