Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Tuesday he would not request an extension to Brexit, hours after a law came into force demanding that he delay Britain’s departure from the European Union until 2020 unless he can strike a divorce deal. For the second time in a week, lawmakers then...

Dutch rider Dylan Groenewegen claimed his second stage win in the opening three days of the Tour of Britain after holding off compatriot Mathieu van der Poel on Monday. The Jumbo-Visma rider triumphed in an uphill sprint finish in Newcastle at the end of a 183km stage from...

Iraqi security forces killed 15 Deash terrorists Tuesday in north central Saladin province of Iraq. Lieut. Numan al-Jouburi told Anadolu Agency clashes broke out in city’s north and Iraqi security personnel was supported with airstrikes. He said in addition to the terrorists who were...

Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro may present a petition against US President Donald Trump at the United Nations despite opposition charges that the signatures have been gathered through threats to withhold food aid, US diplomats say. Maduro, who remains in charge in Venezuela despite a...

Hong Kong's embattled leader warned the United States on Tuesday not to "interfere" with her government's response to the city's pro-democracy movement, after fresh protests called on Washington to ramp up pressure on Beijing. Millions of people have demonstrated over the last 14 weeks in...

Attorneys general from 48 U.S. states, the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico have opened an antitrust probe into big tech companies that focuses on Alphabet’s Google , Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton formally announced on Monday. Paxton leads the probe, he said, which will focus on...

Apple could sell as many as 200 million of its latest iPhones from existing users upgrading their older devices and much of that demand will come from China despite an ongoing trade war, several Wall Street analysts said on Monday. The Cupertino, California-based company is widely expected...

British lawmakers voted on Monday to demand the government publish documents relating to its planning for a no-deal Brexit and private communications from government officials involved in a decision to suspend parliament. The 311 to 302 vote is binding on the government, but had been...

It has now been eight years since the Syrian security service threatened to cut off my hand but the psychological impact of that day still remains. My story is similar to many others I meet who have escaped the combination of tyranny and terrorism in Syria to seek out a new and safer life...

Facebook and Instagram on Monday blocked the social media accounts of two Italian neo-fascist groups and some of their activists because they had violated the platforms’ policies against spreading hate, Facebook said. Casapound and Forza Nuova, which espouse extreme right-wing ideologies,...

The U.S. military is likely to accelerate the pace of its operations in Afghanistan to counter an increase in Taliban attacks, a senior U.S. general said on Monday following Washington’s suspension of peace talks with the insurgents. U.S. Marine General Kenneth McKenzie, the head of U.S....

U.S. President Donald Trump said on Monday he could meet with Iranian President Hassan Rouhani and that he had no problem with such an encounter. Trump made the remarks to reporters at the White House. Rouhani has said Iran would not talk to the United States until Washington lifted all...

Mercedes boss Toto Wolff said he thought Charles Leclerc's controversial block on Lewis Hamilton en route to winning the Italian Grand Prix was "over the line", but admitted the stewards would have needed "a police escort" to leave Monza on Sunday if they had penalised the Ferrari driver....

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday accused Iran of having a previously undisclosed site aimed at developing nuclear weapons that it destroyed. Iran destroyed the site located near the city of Abadeh, south of Isfahan, sometime between late June and late July after realising...

(Zaman Al Wasl- The Kurdish-led forces on Monday have released four activists in eastern Raqqa province after a month of arbitrary arrest, local monitoring group reported. Salah al-Katea, Anas al-Abbo, Iyas al-Abbo and Khalid al-Salama were detained by the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF)...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- The Lebanese Internal Security has arrested 76 Syrians, including 43 children, in the past 48 hours, saying they entered the country illegally. The General Directorate of Internal Security Forces said on its official website on Monday that the mass arrest came as a...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Head of the Air Force Intelligence in southern Daraa province was found dead on Monday morning, pro-regime activists said.    Colonel Soleiman Hammoud died of a heart attack in his home, according to the initial reports. Activists doubted the death...

In Gaza alone, Israeli forces have injured 30 journalists since March 22, a UN rights body said on Monday. "30 journalists covering the protests were injured" by the Israeli army, UN Human Rights High Commissioner Michelle Bachelet said in a statement, referring to the protests held along...

North Korea says it's willing to resume nuclear diplomacy with the United States in late September. But First Vice Foreign Minister Choe Son Hui said Monday that the United States must come to the negotiating table with proposals that satisfy North Korea, or dealings between the two...

Videos posted online by an Egyptian construction contractor accusing President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi and the military of corruption have gone viral, sparking a rare debate about the army's growing economic empire. Mohamed Aly, 45, a fledgling actor alongside his construction business, claims...