(Zaman Al Wasl)- German Ministry of Youth and Family Affairs has nominated Syrian refugee Mou’tasim Rifai for one of the most important volunteering awards in Germany, which will be voted for on September 12. Rifai was awarded the Youth Volunteer Service Award the previous year in...

At least 17 people were killed in Morocco when flood waters overturned their bus in the kingdom's southeast, authorities said Monday in a revised toll. Rescuers have been searching for bodies since the accident Sunday, when the bus flipped on a bridge in a valley near the city of...

Across the world, one person takes their own life every 40 seconds, and more people die by suicide every year than in war, the World Health Organization said on Monday. Hanging, poisoning and shooting are the most common suicide methods, the WHO said as it urged governments to adopt suicide...

 Human rights activists in Mexico had already suffered a bad year by the time 58-year-old Cristina Vazquez was murdered in her apartment in an affluent Mexico City neighborhood at the end of June. Vazquez was the 13th human rights defender in Mexico likely killed for her activism in...

Hundreds of uniformed school students, many wearing masks, formed human chains in districts across Hong Kong on Monday in support of anti-government protesters after another weekend of clashes in the Chinese-ruled city. Metro stations reopened after some were closed on Sunday amid sometimes...

France’s foreign minister on Monday welcomed positive moves by Russia and Ukraine in past weeks to ease a crisis between the two countries, including a prisoner swap over the weekend, but said it was premature to lift sanctions against Moscow. “It’s not yet the time to lift sanctions. We...

His people’s link to the land goes back to biblical times, says the comics illustrator. His neighbor, a farmer, says the land belonged to his ancestors and has been stolen. One is an Israeli settler, the other a Palestinian living across the road. Israel’s settlements in the occupied West...

Former South Sudanese rebel leader Riek Machar is due to make a rare visit to the capital Juba on Monday and meet President Salva Kiir, officials said on Monday, raising hopes for progress in a stalled peace process. The two men signed a pact a year ago to end a civil war that has killed...

British Airways cancelled almost all flights departing and arriving into the UK Monday, as the airline's first-ever pilots' strike began, sparking travel chaos for tens of thousands of passengers. The industrial action over pay Monday and Tuesday by members of the British Airline Pilots...

Iran has begun installing more advanced centrifuges and is moving towards enriching uranium with them even though that is forbidden under its nuclear deal with major powers, the International Atomic Energy Agency said Monday. The 2015 deal only lets Iran produce enriched uranium with just...

 Saudi Arabia wants to have uranium production and enrichment in future for its planned nuclear power programme that will begin with two atomic reactors, the kingdom's new energy minister said Monday. "We are proceeding with it cautiously ... we are experimenting with two nuclear...

Air strikes hit positions of pro-Iranian forces and allied militias in eastern Syria overnight, killing 18 fighters, a war monitor said Monday. It was not clear who carried out the raids in the region of Albu Kamal near the border with Iraq, according to the Syrian Observatory for...

Russia’s ruling United Russia party, which supports President Vladimir Putin, has lost a slew of seats in the Moscow parliament, RIA news agency said on Monday, suggesting a tactical voting strategy pushed by opponents may have worked. Sunday’s poll was one of the most closely watched local...

U.S. prosecutors have charged a Chinese professor with fraud for allegedly taking technology from a California company to benefit Huawei, in another shot at the embattled Chinese telecommunications equipment maker. Bo Mao was arrested in Texas Aug. 14 and released six days later on $100,000...

Britain’s position as a top hub for maritime services is being eroded by competition, a loss of shipping finance business and the removal of tycoon-friendly tax breaks, a report said, deepening uncertainty for its financial sector as Brexit nears. The UK has been a pivotal global shipping...

Hong Kong is an inseparable part of China and any form of secessionism “will be crushed”, state media said on Monday, a day after demonstrators rallied at the U.S. consulate to ask for help in bringing democracy to city. The China Daily newspaper said Sunday’s rally in Hong Kong was proof...

A South Korean cargo vessel carrying about 4,000 cars bound for the Middle East was listing heavily on Sunday off the coast of the southern U.S. state of Georgia, an official of operator Hyundai Glovis said. The U.S. Coast Guard said a pilot and 23 crew were aboard the Golden Ray when it...

A Palestinian detainee held in Israel died on Sunday due to medical negligence, according to a local NGO. "Bassam al-Saysh, 47, died in the Israeli hospital of Assaf Harofeh after he was transferred from Israeli prison due to his medical condition," the Palestinian Prisoner Society said in...

Lebanon’s Hezbollah downed an Israeli unmanned aircraft outside the southern town of Ramyah near the border with Israel, the movement’s Al-Manar TV said early on Monday. The Israeli drone is now in the hands of Hezbollah’s fighters, the Iran-backed group said in a statement. Hezbollah...

Rafael Nadal battled past an inspired Daniil Medvedev 7-5 6-3 5-7 4-6 6-4 in a thrilling final to claim his fourth U.S. Open crown on Sunday. The win moved Nadal within one Grand Slam title of matching his great rival Roger Federer's all-time record. Already the King of Clay, the...