U.N. Special Envoy for Syria Geir Pedersen said Monday that he would meet foreign ministers from Turkey, Iran and Russia in Geneva Tuesday, a day ahead of the first meeting of Syria's Constitutional Committee. Turkey's Mevlut Cavusoglu, Iran's Mohammad Javad Zarif and Russia's Sergei Lavrov...

Populist Shi'ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr called on Iraqi Prime Minister Adel Abdul Mahdi to announce early parliamentary elections overseen by the United Nations and without the participation of existing political parties Monday. Sadr's bloc, which came first in a 2018 election and helped...

Top finance executives and political leaders have converged on Saudi capital Riyadh for a Davos-style investment forum, in stark contrast to last year's mass boycott following the murder of dissident journalist Jamal Khashoggi. US officials and the heads of giant banks, top asset management...

Violent protests that erupted across Catalonia after nine separatist leaders were jailed this month makes conflict over the region's place within Spain "visible" worldwide, a leading separatist said Monday. "The world is like that. It is these incidents which get us continuously in the...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Two civilians were killed and others wounded by an improvised explosive device in al-Rai town near the Turkish border, activists told Zaman al-Wasl Monday. Turkish-backed Syrian National Army took control of the town in 2016, but since then scattred attacks are...

 (Zaman Al Wasl)- Syrian rebels on Monday have thwarted fresh incursion attempts by Russian Special Forces in the southern countryside of Idlib province, field sources said. Clashes have been reported in Tal Ja’afar area as Russia's forces use advanced military equipment backed by...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Turkish-backed Syrian National Army have seized new ground from regime-backed Kuridish forces near the town of Ras al-Ain in northeastern Syria as clashes are still ongoing, local activists said Monday. The clashes between both sides in a zone between the towns of Tal...

Footage of the US special forces raid on Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi’s Syrian compound reportedly consisted of overhead surveillance footage and no audio, prompting questions over the extent of the dramatic licence taken by Donald Trump in describing the final moments of one of the most wanted...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- During the period that following the announcement of the Caliphate in June 2014, several studies emerged focused on the Islamic State’s economic structure, the most significant resources the Islamic State depends on to fund its operations and cover its expenditures, and...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Residents on Syria’s Barisha village said they found the vest of Abu Bakr al-Baghdaid, the world's most wanted man that he was wearing in a propaganda video eared last May. The shadowy leader is dead after being targeted by a U.S. military raid, President Donald Trump...

Jurgen Klopp moved to allay fears over Mohamed Salah's left ankle problem saying his departure five minutes before the end of Premier League leaders Liverpool's 2-1 win over Tottenham Hotspur was a precautionary measure. The 27-year-old Egyptian star -- who had missed the previous match...

Students and schoolchildren hit the streets of Baghdad and southern Iraq Monday to join escalating calls for the government to quit, defying the education minister, legal threats and even their parents. "No school, no classes, until the regime collapses!" protestors shouted in...

Afghanistan welcomed the killing of Daesh (ISIS) leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi as a major blow to terrorism that is expected to weaken the South Asian branch of the Middle Eastern militant group. The emergence of an Afghan affiliate of Daesh emerged in recent years created another enemy...

French President Emmanuel Macron vowed no let up in his drive to implement far-reaching pension reforms despite a looming winter of strikes by unions angered by the plan, in an interview broadcast Monday. Macron told RTL radio that there would be "no complacency or weakness" in pushing...

A French academic held in Iran for four months faces charges of collusion after being arrested alongside a Franco-Iranian colleague accused of espionage, their lawyer said in a report Monday. Roland Marchal, a researcher at Sciences Po in Paris, was arrested in June together with Fariba...

Max Verstappen had mixed emotions Sunday after a stirring drive from the back of the field to finish sixth at the Mexican Grand Prix. The Red Bull driver was stripped of pole position on Saturday when he was penalised for ignoring yellow flags and, after starting fourth on the grid, he...

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson will make a fresh push on Monday for an early election as EU leaders prepare to back yet another Brexit delay, just days before the departure deadline. Johnson was forced to abandon his promise to leave the European Union on October 31, after MPs...

Lebanese demonstrators set up barricades and parked cars across key roads Monday to protest corruption and press their demands for a radical overhaul of their country's sectarian political system. Defying pleas from Lebanon's top leaders, protesters sought to keep the country on lockdown by...

China's Communist Party elite kicked off a key meeting in Beijing on Monday, as the country's leadership faces pro-democracy protests in Hong Kong, a protracted trade war, and a slowing economy. The Fourth Plenum of the Party's Central Committee is a closed-door meeting of high-ranking...

Brazil and the United Arab Emirates have agreed to expand trade between the two nations and foster investment fund partnerships in sectors such as agribusiness, infrastructure, energy and defense, according to a joint statement released on Sunday. Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro is in...