U.S. President Donald Trump said on Monday he wanted to see a strong Iran and was not seeking regime change in Tehran, adding that the way Iranians were being forced to live was unacceptable. Talking to reporters at a summit of wealthy nation leaders, Trump said he had not been surprised...

The Arab-led coalition fighting the Iran-aligned Houthis in Yemen moved Monday to work out a ceasefire as nominal allies in the south of the country turned on each other in a power struggle that has fractured the military alliance. Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, the main powers...

 G7 leaders close their summit Monday with discussion of world problems including the fires ravaging the Amazon rainforest, but overshadowed by President Donald Trump's trade wars and questions over the group's unity. The summit in Biarritz, a high-end surfers' paradise in southwestern...

China's top trade negotiator tried to reduce tensions with the US by calling for a "calm attitude" on Monday, local media reported, as the two countries engage in a fresh round of the tit-for-tat tariffs roiling global markets. Last week, the China-US trade war took a turn for the worse...

Israeli warplanes hit the Gaza Strip's ruling Hamas movement early Monday in response to earlier rocket fire from the territory into Israel, the army said in a statement. Israeli authorities also announced a punitive reduction in the flow of fuel to the strip's main power station, meaning a...

Hong Kong police on Monday said they were forced to fire water cannon and a warning shot to fend off "extremely violent" demonstrators, as months of pro-democracy protests veer deeper into violence. Sunday's clashes in the suburb of Tsuen Wan were some of the worst in twelve weeks of...

Syrian soldier Ahmad Amuri rolls up on a motorbike to hand water bottles to comrades standing guard under pistachio trees, just a few dozen metres from a Turkish observation point in northwest Syria. President Bashar al-Assad's troops seized the town of Morek from jihadists and allied...

Russia-backed Syrian forces found Abu Abdo and family this week in Khan Sheikhoun, a town which almost all other residents had fled during shelling in an offensive to take the area from rebel fighters. “The last month was very bad. We couldn’t stand by the door because of the shelling ......

 Nine civilians were killed and 20 others injured by Syrian Regime and Russian amid overnight airstrikes in northwestern Idlib province, according to the White Helmets civil defense agency on Sunday. The White Helmets reported that three children were among the victims of the...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- A number of lawyers in northern Idlib province were surprised by a decision, insisting on blocking them from pleading, attending and litigation before the courts of the Salvation government's Justice ministry until further notice.  Many lawyers and judges said...

Sudan's newly-created sovereign council formally declared a state of emergency in the city of Port Sudan Sunday, following tribal clashes that police say have killed at least 16 people. The acting governor and the head of the national security service for the eastern Red Sea state, of which...

 U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, in a call with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu about Israeli airstrikes in Syria, expressed Washington's support for Israel's right to defend itself from the threat posed by Iran's Revolutionary Guard, the State Department said Sunday. "The...

The Israeli military said three projectiles have been launched from the Gaza Strip, setting off air raid sirens in southern Israel. The military said two were intercepted by Israel's missile defense system Sunday evening, but did not disclose what happened to the third. One projectile...

Yemen's Houthis fired 10 Badr-1 ballistic missiles at Saudi Arabia's Jizan airport, the group's military spokesman said Sunday, adding that the attack left dozens killed and wounded. The military spokesperson for the Iran-backed Houthi movement described the attack as 'the largest operation...

Iraq's Hashed al-Shaabi accused Israel of a deadly drone attack on Sunday, the first time it directly blames the Jewish state after several of the paramilitary force's bases were hit by suspicious blasts. The attack struck a position held by Brigade 45, a Hashed al-Shaabi unit based about...

Authorities on Sunday defended blocking opposition Indian politicians from visiting Muslim-majority Kashmir, saying it was to "avoid controversy" weeks after stripping the restive region of its autonomy and imposing a major clampdown. India's Hindu-nationalist government has been criticised...

Iran wants to export a minimum of 700,000 barrels per day of its oil and ideally up to 1.5 million bpd if the West wants to negotiate with Tehran to save a 2015 nuclear deal, two Iranian officials and one diplomat told Reuters Sunday. "As a goodwill gesture and a step towards creating space...

Pep Guardiola hailed David Silva as "one of the best players" he has ever seen after the Spanish midfielder inspired Manchester City's 3-1 win at Bournemouth on Sunday. City captain Silva was involved in all three goals as the champions clinched their second Premier League win of the...

U.S. President Donald Trump and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe showed their differences over the seriousness of North Korea’s series of short-range missile launches on Sunday, while maintaining that they would remain in synch on the issue. Trump, who prizes his relationship with North...

In a surprise move, Iran’s foreign minister flew in for talks at the group of seven leaders’ summit on Sunday as French President Emmanuel Macron ramps up efforts to ease tensions between Tehran and Washington, although a U.S.-Iran meeting was not scheduled. European leaders have struggled...