(Zaman Al Wasl)- It’s been six years since the Syrian regime struck by rockets containing the chemical agent sarin the Eastern Ghouta suburbs near the capital, leaving 1127 people, mostly women and children, killed.  The UN investigation team confirmed "clear and convincing...

The family of a missing employee of Britain's consulate in Hong Kong said Wednesday that authorities told them he was detained while returning from a business trip but do not know why, where or how long he will be held. The consulate has refused to name the man or give details about the...

Italy’s League leader Matteo Salvini said on Tuesday he was ready to keep the coalition government alive to approve a 2020 budget and vote in a reform of parliament before heading to early elections. Salvini, who serves as deputy prime minister, has presented a motion of no confidence in...

Five months after US-backed forces ousted Isis from its last shard of territory in Syria, the terrorist group is regaining strength, military and intelligence officers have warned. Isis is gathering new strength, conducting guerrilla attacks across Iraq and Syria, retooling its financial...

New York state, New York City, Connecticut and Vermont sued the federal government Tuesday over new Trump administration rules blocking green cards for many immigrants who use public assistance including Medicaid, food stamps and housing vouchers. The states and city join a growing list of...

About a thousand police officers launched raids Tuesday in Germany, Lithuania and Croatia as part of a cybercrime investigation into a website that provided details on how to produce explosives and synthetic drugs. Police in the central German city of Goettingen coordinated the raids, which...

Saudi Arabia has begun implementing previously announced changes that allow adult women to travel without permission and to exercise more control over family matters, state news agency SPA reported on Tuesday. "The passports and civil status departments and their branches in all regions of...

Egyptian security forces killed 11 Islamist militants from a local affiliate of the Islamic State group based in the restive North Sinai region, the interior ministry said Tuesday. The militants, armed with weapons and explosives, were killed in a shootout during a raid on their hideout...

Facebook, under pressure to ramp up privacy rules across its platform, said on Tuesday it was rolling out a tool allowing users to control data that it receives from other apps and websites about their online activity. The new tool is to give clients access to their so-called "off-Facebook...

The main rebel group in the Syrian province of Idlib pulled out of a key rebel town as regime forces advanced in the area on Tuesday amid intense bombardment and airstrikes, opposition activists said. As the militants withdrew, regime troops moved into northern and western...

Pakistan said Tuesday it would take the Kashmir dispute with India to International Court of Justice, after New Delhi revoked special status for its portion of the region earlier this month, to the fury of Islamabad. "We have decided to take Kashmir case to the International Court of...

 Spain said Tuesday it will send a military ship to the Italian island of Lampedusa to fetch migrants on board a charity boat that has been stuck at sea for days as Rome refuses it access. "The Audaz, which will leave this afternoon at 5 p.m. (1500 GMT), will sail for three days to...

Athens has received no request from the Iranian tanker Adrian Darya to dock in Greece, Merchant Marine Minister Ioannis Plakiotakis said Tuesday after a maritime tracker gave the ship's "reported destination" as the Greek port of Kalamata. "There is officially no request concerning the...

U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo acknowledged Tuesday that Daesh (ISIS) militants are gaining strength in some areas but said the militant group's capacity to conduct attacks has been diminished. "It's complicated. There are certainly places where ISIS is more powerful today than they...

Turkey will not move the military observation post in northwest Syria that a convoy was trying to reach when it came under attack, Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said Tuesday. An air strike on the Turkish military convoy Monday killed three civilians as it was heading south towards the...

Iran's Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif is expected to visit Paris and meet with his counterpart and the French president Friday, state news agency IRNA reported. "We will visit Paris on Friday to meet Emmanuel Macron and France's foreign minister" Jean-Yves Le Drian, IRNA quoted Zarif...

China's envoy said Tuesday that there was a danger of Daesh (ISIS) forces reviving in Syria and called for progress in the political process between the Assad government and opposition. "There is now a danger of terrorist organizations like Islamic State being revived, we see some signs ......

 China said Tuesday it had a right to put out its own views after Twitter and Facebook said they had dismantled a state-backed social media campaign originating in mainland China that sought to undermine protests in Hong Kong. Twitter Inc. said Monday it suspended 936 accounts and the...

Southern separatists seized two Yemeni government military bases near the southern port of Aden early Tuesday, triggering fresh clashes between nominal allies that have complicated U.N. peace efforts, residents and officials said. The separatists and the government are both part of the Arab...

The European Union needs to show flexibility over the Irish border “backstop” because the issue of whether Britain leaves the bloc with or without a deal is now mainly up to Brussels, Conservative party chairman James Cleverly said on Tuesday. “The decision as to whether we leave with or...