Ali Hatoum, former official in the powerful Iranian-backed Lebanese group Hezbollah, was found dead in his flat in a Beirut neighborhood, the state-run Lebanese news agency said on Sunday. Security forces immediately opened an investigation and were awaiting the arrival of a forensic...

(AFP, Zaman Al Wasl)-  The value of the Syrian pound against the dollar has fallen again to its lowest rate in history on Sunday, following  a week of sharp collapse. On the black market on Sunday, the pound was trading at 690 against the dollar. At the...

Charles Leclerc triggered frenzied Ferrari celebrations on Sunday after holding off a race-long Mercedes challenge to take the Italian Formula One team's first home grand prix victory since 2010. Valtteri Bottas was second for Mercedes with five-times world champion Lewis Hamilton a distant...

The United States hopes to get back to denuclearization talks with North Korea in the coming days or weeks, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Sunday. Negotiations aimed at dismantling Pyongyang’s nuclear and missile programs have stalled since the collapse of a second summit between...

Hong Kong police fired tear gas to disperse protesters in the upmarket Causeway Bay shopping district on Sunday, after demonstrators had rallied at the U.S. Consulate calling for help in bringing democracy to the Chinese-ruled city. Police moved on protesters from the Central business...

The United States will continue to impose sanctions on whoever purchases Iran’s oil or conducts business with Iran’s Revolutionary Guards and no oil waivers will be re-issued, a U.S. official said on Sunday. Iran’s crude oil exports were slashed by more than 80% due to re-imposed sanctions...

Kuwait’s ruling emir has been admitted to hospital in the United States for medical tests and has postponed a meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump planned for this week in Washington, state news agency KUNA said on Sunday. Sheikh Sabah al-Ahmad al-Sabah, 90, who had been due to meet...

Sudan's first cabinet since the ouster of president Omar al-Bashir was sworn in Sunday as the African country transitions to a civilian rule following nationwide protests that overthrew the autocrat. The 18-member cabinet led by Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok, which includes four women, took...

A UNICEF installation to show the devastating scale of child deaths in conflict zones in 2018 was unveiled today at the United Nations in New York. The haunting display features 3,758 backpacks in rows reminiscent of a graveyard, each one representing a senseless loss of a young life to...

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan, speaking hours after joint U.S.-Turkey patrols began in northern Syria, said on Sunday Ankara and Washington have constantly disagreed over establishing the planned “safe zone.” “We are negotiating with the U.S. for the safe zone, but we see at every step...

Russian state communications watchdog Roskomnadzor said tech giants Google and Facebook had allowed political advertising during Sunday’s regional elections despite being asked to ban such publicity. “Such actions can be seen as interference in Russia’s sovereign affairs and hindering the...

Saudi Arabia said on Sunday it had begun accepting license applications for firms in the military industrial sector, a major target under plans to diversify the kingdom’s economy away from oil exports. The General Authority for Military Industries (GAMI) will license companies to...

Arab and Nubian tribes in Sudan’s Red Sea state signed a reconciliation deal on Sunday under pressure from the country’s most prominent military commander after clashes that triggered a state of emergency and left at least 16 dead last month. Sudan is embarking on a three-year transition...

Iran's foreign ministry spokesperson said Sunday an Iranian oil tanker at the center of a dispute between Tehran and Western powers had reached its destination and sold its oil, state television reported. "The tanker has gone to its destination; the oil has been sold," spokesperson Abbas...

Libya's U.N.-recognized government Sunday slammed the UAE for hosting an officer of forces loyal to strongman Khalifa Haftar, who has waged a months-long offensive to take the capital Tripoli. The Tripoli-based Government of National Accord denounced the "hostile position of the United Arab...

Dorian slammed into Canada’s Atlantic coast on Saturday, knocking down trees, cutting power, and blowing over a large construction crane in downtown Halifax, the capital of the province of Nova Scotia. The government will deploy the military to help with recovery efforts after the storm...

 Moscow citizens voted on Sunday in some of the most closely observed regional elections in years, after the exclusion of many opposition candidates triggered huge protests in the capital. The protests began in mid-July after the Central Election Commission refused to register of large...

Afghan President Ashraf Ghani urged the Taliban on Sunday to end violence and talk directly to his government after U.S. President Donald Trump announced he had canceled a planned meeting with the insurgent group over a draft peace accord. “Real peace will come when Taliban agree to a...

Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said on Sunday Iran’s reduction of commitments under its 2015 nuclear deal were allowed under the accord, the semi-official Fars news agency reported. Zarif told the acting head of the U.N. nuclear watchdog IAEA, Cornel Feruta, that Iran was acting...

 Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates called on Yemen's separatists and the internationally-recognized government of President Abed Rabbou Mansour Hadi to halt all military actions in south Yemen. "We assert the importance of completely halting all military actions ... or...