Prime Minister Boris Johnson is sticking to his Brexit plan and will not seek a delay to Britain’s departure from the EU at a summit next month, two of his ministers said on Sunday following a resignation from his government. After work and pensions minister Amber Rudd’s shock resignation...

Eight presidential candidates stood behind their podiums aiming to impress Tunisian voters on Saturday evening in the young democracy’s first ever televised election debate. Although Tunisia has held elections twice since throwing off autocratic rule in the 2011 revolution which triggered...

A former chief prosecutor of Tehran jailed over a death in custody has been released from prison after serving two-thirds of his sentence, a state-owned news website reported Sunday. Saeed Mortazavi was sentenced in 2017 to two years imprisonment over the death of Mohsen Ruholamini, who had...

Armed Turkish military vehicles crossed into Syria on Sunday and headed southwest with U.S. counterparts to begin planned joint patrols to establish a “safe zone” along a border region mainly controlled by Kurdish forces. Vehicles with Turkish flags joined those in Syria with U.S....

Iran's nuclear chief said Sunday the European parties to the 2015 nuclear deal have failed to fulfill their commitments under the pact, a day after Tehran announced further breaches of limits on its nuclear activity set by the pact. The deal curbed Iran's disputed nuclear program in...

 (Zaman Al Wasl)- The stray bullets of Turkish border guards (Jandarma) have killed a displaced woman in a refugee camp in Jisr al-Shughour region northwest Syria, activists told Zaman al-Wasl Sunday. Two more women  were wounded by Jandarma in the Aleppo Camp near the town of...

     (Zaman Al Wasl)- U.S.-led coalition has carried out fresh airdrops in eastern Syria, tracking suspected ISIS militants, sources told Zaman al-Wasl Saturday. The U.S. helicopters made an airdrop near the Ja’bar citadel north of Tabqa city. Two displaced people,...

Across a river in a remote part of India’s northeast, laborers have cleared dense forest in an area equivalent to about seven soccer fields and are building the first mass detention center for illegal immigrants. The camp in the lush, tea-growing state of Assam is intended for at least...

Japan braced for Typhoon Faxai on Sunday cancelling trains and flights in Tokyo with destructive winds of up to 216 kph (134 mph) and heavy rain expected to hit the region overnight, according to the Japan Meteorological Agency. Faxai, a woman’s name in Lao, could dump as much as 300...

U.S. President Donald Trump on Saturday said he canceled peace talks with Afghanistan’s Taliban leaders after the insurgent group claimed responsibility last week for an attack in Kabul that killed an American soldier and 11 other people. Trump said he had planned a secret meeting with the...

Thousands of Hong Kong protesters on Sunday chanted the U.S. national anthem and called on U.S. President Donald Trump to liberate the Chinese-ruled city, the latest in a series of demonstrations that have gripped the city for months. Police stood by as protesters, under a sea of umbrellas,...

Joker by American director Todd Phillips won the Golden Lion award on Saturday at the 76th Venice Film Festival. The comic book movie starring Joaquin Phoenix portrays the transition of an artist into an iconic villain. The world's oldest film festival also awarded Swedish director Roy...

Britain’s Work and Pensions Secretary Amber Rudd resigned from Boris Johnson government on Saturday, saying she could not stand by while loyal Conservatives were being thrown from the party. Rudd said in an exclusive interview to the Sunday Times that she could “no longer serve” and she was...

Saudi Arabia has named Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman, a son of the king, as energy minister replacing Khalid al-Falih, state media reported. Falih was also removed from the chairmanship of the country's national oil company Saudi Aramco last week. News agency SPA citing royal decrees...

Serena Williams was defeated 6-3, 7-5, in the women’s final of the United States Open on Saturday by Bianca Andreescu, a Canadian athlete. In the women's finals of the tournament held in New York, Williams faced Andreescu, who is only 19 years old. Andreescu made history becoming the...

(CNN)- America's top ally in the fight against ISIS, the commander of the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces, warned Friday that the terrorist group was resurging in Syria and asked for increased US support for his troops as they seek to keep ISIS from reestablishing itself. Asked if...

 Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari will visit South Africa next month to reinforce the bonds between the two countries after a wave of deadly riots and xenophobic attacks, the South African presidency said on Saturday. South Africa’s MTN Group and supermarket chain Shoprite have...

Formula One champion Lewis Hamilton suggested on Saturday it might take a crash before the sport did anything to prevent qualifying turning into a farce at high-speed circuits like Monza. The fastest track on the calendar produced one of the slowest ever final shootouts for pole position...

Apple Inc on Friday confirmed that China’s Uighurs, a mostly Muslim minority group considered a security threat by Beijing, had been the target of attacks due to iPhone security flaws, but disputed rival Alphabet Inc’s description of the effort to track users of the smartphone in real time....

Anti-government protesters turned out in several French cities Saturday, hoping to inject fresh momentum into weekly demonstrations calling for social justice and the ouster of President Emmanuel Macron. The so-called "yellow vest" movement had tapered off over the summer, but its leaders...