Dozens of protesters were arrested and several people injured Tuesday when police and demonstrators clashed outside an international mining conference in Melbourne. Some 50 people were detained as mounted police forced back hundreds of protesters from the convention centre hosting the...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- At least 12 regime forces were killed and 8 more wounded by rebels on Monday following failed incurion attempts  into Kabana hilltops in coastal Latakia province, sources told Zaman al-Wasl. The elite Fourth Armoured Division backed by Iranian militias have been...

President Trump is renewing his push for U.S. control of Syrian oil. But experts say there's not much oil there, and what there is belongs to the Syrian government. Still, the idea of controlling the oil fields is one that has long appealed to Trump. And it may provide a rationale for...

Saudi Energy Minister Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman and U.S. Energy Secretary Rick Perry met in Riyadh on Monday and will work together to ensure the security of global energy supply, Saudi state news agency SPA reported. The two discussed oil markets, the role of OPEC and oil-producing...

Two men were taken captive by US forces during the raid in Syria that led to the death of jihadist leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, a top American military official said Monday. "There were two adult males taken off the objective, alive," Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Mark Milley said...

Novak Djokovic enjoyed a "fun", but rare, practice session with Rafael Nadal ahead of this week's Paris Masters as the old rivals prepare to battle for the year-end world number one spot. The Serbian star will be usurped at the top of the rankings by Nadal next Monday no matter what happens...

The refugee wave in Latin America sparked by Venezuela's implosion will get worse next year, aggravating a regional crisis, a UN representative on the issue told a Brussels conference Monday. "The challenges for 2020 will be even greater than those faced in 2019," Eduardo Stein, the special...

More than 30 nations fighting the Islamic State group will gather in Washington on November 14 in a French-initiated meeting as the United States pulls troops from Syria, a US official said Monday. Ministers from nations in the coalition against the extremists will "look at the next steps...

  (Zaman Al Wasl)- At least three civilians were killed Monday by a motorbike-borne IED in Suluk, a newly-captured town by Turkish-backed rebels in northeastern Syria, local monitoring said. The attack is the fifth in a week as IEDs and car bombs have been targeting areas taken...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- A newly-formed rebel group in central Homs province has attacked two security posts in the town of Rastan, according to statement issued Monday.   The ‘Resistance Brigades in Homs’ said in statement posted online that its members had targeted the headquarters...

Beyond fresh insights into Alphabet quarterly earnings on Monday, financial analysts could press executives for details on the U.S. antitrust probe by 48 states. They should expect a common refrain during the company conference call: it’s deja vu all over again. Late this summer Texas...

President Sebastian Pinera replaced eight cabinet members on Monday including his interior and finance ministers, a house-cleaning aimed at taming the biggest political crisis since Chile’s return to democracy in 1990. Protests last week that spun out of control had already prompted Pinera,...

French police have arrested a man suspected of firing shots at a mosque in Bayonne in the southwest of France on Monday. Two people, aged 74 and 78, were seriously injured in the shooting at 1420 GMT as they tried to prevent the attacker from setting fire to the mosque. The shooter also...

Hong Kong has fallen into recession, hit by five months of anti-government protests that erupted in flames at the weekend, and is unlikely to achieve any growth this year, the city’s Financial Secretary said. Black-clad and masked demonstrators set fire to shops and hurled petrol bombs at...

The European Union agreed a three-month flexible delay on Monday to Britain’s exit from the bloc as Prime Minister Boris Johnson pushes for an election after opponents forced him to request an extension he had vowed never to ask for. Just days before the United Kingdom is formally due to...

Lebanon’s central bank governor said on Monday a solution must be found in days to a crisis unleashed by huge protests against the ruling elite, saying this would restore confidence and avoid any future economic collapse. With banks closed for a ninth working day, Riad Salameh also told...

Kurdish YPG forces have not fully withdrawn from a strip of northeastern Syria under a Russia-brokered accord that is about to expire, Turkey’s foreign minister said on Monday, as Ankara prepared to discuss its next steps with Moscow. Turkey began a military offensive in northeastern Syria...

From the Sinjar Mountains of northern Iraq to San Bernardino in California, from Raqqa to London, Istanbul and Colombo: It is a testament to the evil perpetrated by Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi that his death has been celebrated across continents, ethnicity and faith. But for the victims of Isis...

 Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu Monday accused Iran of wanting to strike Israel with precision-guided missiles from Yemen as he urged US President Donald Trump's administration to further pressure Tehran. Netanyahu made the comments as he met US Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin in...

Libya's internationally recognised government has stopped the salaries of over 150,000 teachers and other education ministry staff who do not have proper documents, the ministry said in an anti-corruption push that sparked protests. Libya suffers from a bloated public service paying...