The Syrian regime army has begun deploying its troops to northern Syria battlefronts to "confront a Turkish aggression" on Syrian territory, state media said Sunday. State media did not say where Syrian army troops were deploying in northern Syria, where a Turkish military offensive with...

Egyptian president Abdel Fateh al-Sisi said Sunday he and Ethiopia's premier are to hold talks in Russia on a dam under construction on the Nile River that Cairo fears would cut its vital water share. "I have agreed with the Ethiopian prime minister (Abiy Ahmed) to meet in Moscow and...

Hundreds of Algerians protested in front of parliament Sunday against a proposed energy law that they say the caretaker government has no right to pass. The new law is aimed at attracting foreign investors to help Algeria strengthen its energy output, but would maintain a 49% limit on...

France said Sunday it was "worried" after Kurdish authorities reported that hundreds of relatives of foreign jihadists had escaped from a displacement camp in northern Syria, under Turkish assault. "Of course we are worried about what could happen and that is why we want Turkey... to end as...

U.S. Defense Secretary Mark Esper said Sunday President Donald Trump had ordered the withdrawal of up to 1,000 troops from northern Syria, as the number of people fleeing a Turkish assault soared to 130,000. "I spoke with the president last night after discussions with the rest of the...

Doctors will use a second Ebola vaccine from November in three eastern provinces in the Democratic Republic of Congo to fight the deadly virus, medical officials said Sunday. "It's time to use the new Ad26-ZEBOV-GP vaccine, manufactured by Johnson & Johnson's Belgian subsidiary," said...

The Lebanese army on Sunday accused Israel of sending a reconnaissance drone at the weekend over Beirut's southern suburbs, a bastion of the Shiite militant Hezbollah group. On August 25, two explosives-laden drones were sent to the same area. One of them exploded, sparking a dangerous...

Two civilians on Sunday were killed in a YPG/PKK terror attack in Syria's Jarablus district, a source said. The terrorists targeted a vehicle carrying civilians, including women and children, in the area of Operation Euphrates Shield. YPG/PKK terrorists fired the U.S.-made TOW missile...

Saudi Arabia plans to launch a new logistics zone open to private investors, in the Red Sea port city of Jeddah, according to a transport ministry statement Sunday. The new zone will be located in al-Khomra, the statement said. It aims to boost the logistics sector to help diversify the...

Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei told Iran's elite Revolutionary Guards Sunday to develop more advanced and modern weapons, the semi-official Tasnim news agency reported, amid rising regional tensions. "The Guards should have advanced and modern weapons ... Your weapons should be...

Turkey's deadly assault on Kurdish positions in northeastern Syria has forced 130,000 people to flee their homes, the UN said Sunday, adding it was preparing for that figure to more than triple. "We have moved into a planning scenario where up to 400,000 people could be displaced within and...

Russian President Vladimir Putin said Russia can play a key role in the Middle East as it has good relations with Iran and the Arab world, he told Saudi-owned Al Arabiya TV in an interview broadcast Sunday. He also said Iran’s missile program should be dealt with as a separate matter to its...

Hong Kong protesters scaled the city’s Lion Rock peak and hoisted a large statue they called “Lady Liberty” early on Sunday to rally anti-government activists ahead of more planned demonstrations in the Asian financial hub. The three-meter (9-feet) statue, wearing a gas mask, helmet and...

Turkish forces targeted areas around two Syrian border towns with fresh shelling on Sunday, pressing on with their offensive against Kurdish militia for a fifth day in the face of fierce international opposition. Turkey is facing threats of possible sanctions from the United States unless...

Turkish foreign minister on Saturday said his country is not afraid of any sanctions against it.  “If Turkey were afraid of sanctions, we would not have started this operation [in northern Syria]. This is a vital national security issue for us,” Cavusoglu told Germany’s public...

At least 14 people were killed and nine others missing after Typhoon Hagibis slammed into Japan, officials said Sunday, as rescuers scrambled to reach people trapped by catastrophic flooding. The storm's "unprecedented" heavy rain triggered deadly landslides and caused rivers to burst their...

Almost a month since the launch of Tunisia's presidential vote and whittled down from more than 20 candidates, conservative law professor Kais Saied and media magnate Nabil Karoui face off Sunday before the country's electorate of seven million. The two political newcomers swept aside...

Sebastian Vettel produced an epic lap at Suzuka on Sunday as his Ferrari took pole position for the typhoon-affected Japanese Grand Prix ahead of teammate Charles Leclerc. The German clocked a brilliant 1min 27.064sec, almost two-tenths of a second quicker then Leclerc, in gusty winds at...

Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan was heading to Iran Sunday following a request from the United States and Saudi Arabia for him to try to defuse rising tensions in the Gulf. Khan's office said his visit was part of an initiative "to promote peace and security in the region", and that he...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Fighters from the Syrian National Army have "executed" nine civilians near the town of Tal Abyad in northeastern Syria, a monitor said Saturday. "The nine civilians were executed ... in the south of the town of Tal Abyad," the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said....