German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas said Sunday an international conference on Libya hosted by Berlin later this year would seek ways to end outside interference in the North African country. Foreign influence is a "fundamental problem" in the Libya crisis and stopping it would "one of the...

Israeli challenger Benny Gantz met Sunday with incumbent prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu for talks to try and put together a coalition government in the wake of two inconclusive general elections. It was their first round of direct talks since President Reuven Rivlin Wednesday tasked...

Four Iraqi parliamentarians resigned Sunday in anger at the government's perceived failure to respond to mass protests, piling more pressure on embattled Prime Minister Adel Abdel Mahdi. Rallies demanding an overhaul of the ruling regime have rocked Iraq this month, defying live rounds,...

Belgium's King Philippe officially named Budget Minister Sophie Wilmes interim prime minister on Sunday, making her the first woman to hold the post. Wilmes, a liberal francophone, replaces Charles Michel, who is set to take over as European Council president in December. Wilmes, 44,...

Tens of thousands of Lebanese protesters successfully formed a human chain running north-south across the entire country on Sunday to symbolise newfound national unity. Demonstrators joined hands from Tripoli to Tyre, a 170-kilometre (105-mile) chain running through the capital Beirut, as...

Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the elusive leader of the Islamic State group and the world's most wanted man, met his demise near a small village in northwestern Syria called Barisha. This is what we know about the area: - Geography - Barisha is located less than five kilometres from Turkey...

"I prefer to be No. 1 to No. 2," Rafael Nadal said on Sunday as he prepared to continue his rankings battle with Novak Djokovic in Paris this week and in the season-ending ATP Finals in London If the 33-year-old Spaniard finishes at No. 1, it would be the fifth time he has ended the year on...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- US-led International coalition on Sunday has killed the spokesman of Daesh (ISIS) in northern Idlib province hours of the US dawn-raid that eliminated daesh leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, rebel commander told Zaman al-Wasl. Ziad jarad, head of the political office in...

A Catholic mass was held Sunday for Vietnamese feared among 39 people found dead in a truck in Britain, as families desperately awaited news about missing relatives who have not been heard from in days. The 31 men and eight women were initially believed to be Chinese, but several Vietnamese...

Syria's Kurdish forces said they expected revenge attacks by Daesh (ISIS) following the U.S. announcement Sunday that the extremist organisation's leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi had been killed. "Sleeper cells will seek revenge for Baghdadi's death," Mazloum Abdi, the top commander of the...

Saudi Arabia took command of anti-rebel troops in Yemen's Aden, Saudi state media said Sunday, after the government and southern separatist forces struck a power-sharing deal following August clashes in the city. "Coalition forces have been repositioned in Aden to become under the kingdom's...

Zalmay Khalilzad, the US envoy who led talks with the Taliban until negotiations collapsed last month, was in Kabul on Sunday meeting with top Afghan officials including President Ashraf Ghani. His visit comes amid speculation the US is attempting to restart the effort to end America's...

Britain appeared to move a step closer Sunday to holding an early election in December, after two opposition parties backed the idea -- but only if EU leaders delay Brexit until January. The Scottish National Party (SNP) and the Liberal Democrats broke ranks with the main opposition Labour...

Tens of thousands of people marched Sunday for Spanish unity, staging a counter-rally in Barcelona a day after 350,000 Catalan separatists held a protest over the jailing of nine regional leaders. Around 80,000 people, according to a police estimate, marched down Barcelona's central Gracia...

Algeria's election authority has registered 22 candidates for a December presidential election, including two former prime ministers under former president Abdelaziz Bouteflika, the official APS agency reported Sunday. Former premiers Ali Benflis and Abdelmadjid Tebboune had submitted their...

The shadowy leader of the Islamic State group who presided over its global jihad and became arguably the world's most wanted man, is dead after being targeted by a U.S. military raid in Syria, President Donald Trump said Sunday. "Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi is dead," Trump announced at the...

Turkey exchanged information and coordinated with the U.S. before an American operation to reportedly kill a terrorist chief in northwestern Syria, Turkey's National Defense Ministry said Sunday.  “Prior to the U.S. Operation in Idlib Province of Syria last night, information...

Powerful winds were fanning wildfires in northern California in "potentially historic fire" conditions, authorities said Sunday, as tens of thousands of people were ordered to evacuate and sweeping power cuts began in the U.S. state. Gusts of 130 kilometres per hour were fueling the Kincade...

Russian women who were held in Kurdish-controlled camps in Syria as Daesh (ISIS) supporters have recorded emotional appeals to President Vladimir Putin to help them return home. The audio recordings released by RBK news website late Saturday were provided by Chechen rights ombudswoman Kheda...

The Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) said Sunday it agreed to re-deploy away from the Syria-Turkey border, in accordance with an agreement brokered by Russia in Sochi earlier this week. The Kurdish-led SDF said Syrian regimet forces will deploy along the border. It called on Russia to...