Newly crowned multiple-Emmy-winner Phoebe Waller-Bridge has signed a major new deal with Amazon after her creation "Fleabag" dominated the comedy awards at television's answer to the Oscars. British actress and writer Waller-Bridge, who also co-wrote spy thriller "Killing Eve" and upcoming...

The Mediterranean's leading tourist hotspots were bracing Tuesday for a "tsunami" of losses, which could amount to hundreds of millions of euros, following the devastating collapse of British tour operator Thomas Cook. Beyond the urgent need to repatriate hundreds of thousands of tourists,...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Anger sparked in the southern Sweida province over death reports of two Druze detainees in the Security chambers, local news site said Tuesday. Raslan Bu Sa'ab (39) and his brother Sari (33) were fighting along with the Free Syrian Army until 2018. But when the...

The head of the Swedish shipping firm that owns the British-flagged oil tanker held by Iran since July said Tuesday the Stena Impero was still in Iranian waters, a day after Iran said the vessel was free to move. Erik Hanell, CEO of Stena Bulk, told The Associated Press that "we know...

Two Turkish warplanes flew east of the Euphrates in Syria on Tuesday as part of the U.S.-led Operation Inherent Resolve, the Defense Ministry said. The Combined Joint Task Force - Operation Inherent Resolve (CJTF-OIR) was launched by more than 70 countries in June 2014 to eliminate the...

 U.S. President Donald Trump denounced Iran's "blood lust" and called on other nations to join the United States to pressure Iran after attacks on Saudi oil facilities but said there is a path to peace. "We want partners, not adversaries," Trump said in an address before world leaders...

In the wake of protests calling for President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi's ouster, Egypt came under fire Tuesday for arrests of journalists and was accused of blocking news websites. A New York-based press watchdog, the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ), said three Egyptian journalists were...

Tunisia’s Ennahda movement will back former law professor Kais Saied in a presidential election run-off, according to a leading member on Tuesday.  Speaking to Anadolu Agency, Abdellatif Mekki said the majority of members of the Shura Council, the movement’s highest authority, have...

At least five civilians were killed and 11 injured on Tuesday in a possible YPG/PKK terrorist attack in northwestern Syria. The attack came though a car bomb explosion in a crowded area of Jinderes in the city of Afrin. The blast also caused material damage.  Local security...

Europe’s top court on Tuesday ruled in favor of Google, upholding its argument that it does not need to remove links to sensitive personal data globally. The case centered around a dispute whether Google should remove links worldwide known as right to be forgotten or in Europe only, in a...

A UN body on Monday warned that the haze having caused by the forest and peatland fires in Indonesia has put 10 million children at risk from air pollution. A statement issued by UNICEF noted that small children are especially vulnerable to air pollution “because they breathe more rapidly.”...

The United Kingdom's Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that Prime Minister Boris Johnson acted unlawfully when he advised Queen Elizabeth to suspend Parliament just weeks before Brexit and that the legislature had therefore not been prorogued. "The decision to advise her Majesty to prorogue...

The U.S.-led coalition that is helping fight Islamic State militants in Iraq said Tuesday it would not tolerate any attacks against its personnel after rockets were fired overnight at Baghdad's fortified Green Zone. U.S. and coalition-occupied facilities in the area were not hit by the...

 Seven children were among 16 people killed Tuesday in twin air strikes by the Arab coalition fighting Houthi rebels in southern Yemen, an official and a doctor said. "16 people, including women and children, were killed, and nine others injured" in a coalition air raid targeting a...

U.S. President Donald Trump goes before the U.N. General Assembly Tuesday to try to square his "America First" approach to foreign policy with his administration's hope for a multinational response to Iran's escalating aggression. While Trump wants allies to join the U.S. in further...

Negotiators for Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his main opponent Benny Gantz met Tuesday to discuss possibilities for a unity government that both men say they should lead after last week's deadlocked election. The chief negotiators for Netanyahu's right-wing Likud and Gantz's...

Eight babies were killed when a fire ripped through a maternity hospital in eastern Algeria before dawn on Tuesday, emergency services said. "We managed to rescue 11 babies, 107 women and 28 staff" after the 3:50 am (0250 GMT) fire in the hospital in Oued Souf, 500 kilometres (300 miles)...

(AGPS)- A Palestinian child who lived in Syria’s Yarmouk Camp before he fled to Beirut’s Burj AlBarajneh refugee camp sustained second-degree burns all over 35% of his body and called for urgent treatment at local hospitals. Activists quoted the child as appealing to the concerned...

(AGPS)- A Palestinian refugee from Syria’s Yarmouk Camp, in Damascus, was pronounced dead as a result of fatal torture in Syrian government prisons, where a total of 608 Palestinian refugees have also been tortured to death. Action Group For Palestinians Of Syria has kept the...

The U.S. and Turkey launched a second round of joint patrols in northeastern Syria Tuesday as part of plans to create a "safe" buffer zone, the Turkish defense ministry said. Four Turkish armored vehicles crossed the border to join U.S. forces in Syria, state news agency Anadolu said,...