A total of 118 civilians were killed in attacks in war-torn Syria last month, according to the Syrian Network for Human Rights (SNHR) on Tuesday.  In a statement, the group said 18 children and 12 women were among the victims. Forty-four civilians were killed by regime...

Facebook Inc said on Thursday it was launching a separate camera-first messaging app, “Threads”, for its photo-sharing platform Instagram, stepping up the company’s social media war with smaller rival Snapchat. The launch of the app, which like Snapchat and Instagram is centered around...

Iraq's Supreme Anti-Corruption Council on Thursday dismissed 1,000 civil servants, who were convicted of public integrity crimes, amid widespread protests across the nation.   Prime Minister Adel Abdul-Mahdi chaired a meeting of the council amid ongoing protests to discuss a...

 Clashes between regional special forces and a minority ethnic group have killed at least 20 people in the past five days in Ethiopia's northern state of Amhara, a local political official said on Thursday. The clashes are another headache for Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed, whose political...

 Egypt is discussing possible further assistance from the International Monetary Fund to help it carry out structural reforms once its current three-year IMF program ends next month, its central bank governor said on Thursday. "The government and the IMF are reviewing to see if there...

Israel's 1948 Palestinian citizens protested and held a general strike Thursday to call on police to stop a wave of violence in their communities, a situation the country's president labelled a "national emergency." Lawmakers from the community of 1948 Palestinian citizens in Israel...

Bahrain called on its citizens Thursday not to travel to Iraq for the time being due to security tensions, state news agency reported. The foreign ministry statement also called all Bahraini citizens in Iraq to leave immediately as a precautious step.

The Spanish government said on Thursday it would pump hundreds of millions of euros into the country's tourism sector to help it deal with the fallout from travel giant Thomas Cook's bankruptcy. The move comes days after the Spanish hotel federation warned that hundreds of hotels faced...

 (Zaman Al Wasl)- Lebanon’s military judicial investigation authorities on Thursday have referred 19 Syrians, including former jihadists, to the country’s military court. In the first indictment, examining military magistrate Fadi Sawan accused four Syrians of belonging to the...

Lebanon's central bank governor said Thursday that increased imports could have raised the demand for dollars in the country, noting this has pushed money changers to charge higher exchange rates. In a televised speech, Riad Salameh also raised doubts over whether increased imports were...

Satellite images released on Thursday show that a once-detained Iranian-flagged oil tanker sitting off the coast of Syria has been approached by a smaller Iranian tanker, an indication the ship could be preparing to transfer its cargo. Images released by Maxar Technologies show the Jasmine...

A man employed at police headquarters in central Paris stabbed four officers to death Thursday before being shot dead by police, sources told AFP. The premises were cordoned off after the lunchtime attack in the historic centre of Paris, usually thronged with tourists, and a dozen emergency...

Pope Francis and U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo agreed on Thursday on the need to protect the rights of Christian minorities in the Middle East during a meeting at the Vatican, the U.S. State Department said. Pompeo, whose trip this week to Italy, Montenegro, North Macedonia and Greece...

Liverpool had to do the job twice over on Champions League upstarts Salzburg to get their defence of the competition back on track, but again relied on a prolific front three to cover over the cracks of an unsettled defence. Mohamed Salah finally secured a thrilling 4-3 victory with his...

In a country fractured along sectarian lines, the unusually wide geographic reach of protests over Lebanon’s dire economy on Sunday suggests deepening anger with an entire class of politicians who have jointly led it into crisis. While the protests were not big - Lebanon’s divisions make...

Pakistan and the Taliban on Thursday agreed on the need for “earliest resumption” of stalled Afghan peace talks with the U.S. in a bid to end the 18-year-long conflict in Afghanistan, according to a Pakistani Foreign Ministry statement. The agreement came during a meeting between the...

North Korea announced Thursday that its missile test the previous day involved a new type of submarine-launched ballistic missile (SLBM). Pyongyang's state-run KCNA news agency claimed the successful launch "ushered in a new phase in containing the outside forces' threat." "The...

Turkey does not think its effort with the United States to form a "safe zone" in northeast Syria will yield the results it wants and is ready to carry out a military operation, Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu was quoted as saying on Thursday. Ankara and NATO ally Washington have agreed to...

The internet was down across most of Iraq Thursday, the third day of protests called for on social media, with a monitor saying "intentional restrictions" by major providers caused the near-blackout. Iraqis protesting in the capital and southern cities have struggled to communicate with...

 Facebook Wednesday was dealt a major blow in the EU's top court, which ruled that national courts in Europe can order online platforms to remove defamatory content worldwide. In a closely watched judgment, the European Court of Justice said EU law "does not preclude" courts from...