Iran’s foreign minister accused the United States on Thursday of attempted piracy in trying to prevent Gibraltar’s release of an Iranian oil tanker. Gibraltar decided on Thursday to free the Grace 1, detained off the British overseas territory six weeks ago. But it said the U.S....

Israeli forces rounded up eight Palestinians in overnight raids carried out across the occupied West Bank, according to the military on Thursday.  A military statement said the individuals had been arrested for "suspected involvement in popular terror activities", without elaborating...

Film fans will flock to the capital of Bosnia and Herzegovina on Friday for one of the country's most important cultural events, the Sarajevo Film Festival. Set to host 53 films in four categories this year, the festival was initiated 25 years ago to make the city a destination of culture...

The dream of a handicapped Syrian boy came true when he received a prosthetic hand after having fled civil war in his country. Born without his left hand, 10-year-old Muhammed Beko was fitted with his new artificial digits in Turkey’s southeastern province of Sanliurfa where he sought...

Walmart reported improved results Thursday on solid US sales and e-commerce growth and again defended its decision to keep selling some guns after a mass shooting at a Texas store. Net income was $3.6 billion, up from an $861 million loss in the year-ago period, when one-time costs related...

Liverpool captured the 2019 UEFA Super Cup late Wednesday at Istanbul's Vodafone Park Stadium after beating Chelsea 5-4 on penalties. The all-English final, which featured 2019 Champions League winner Liverpool and 2019 Europa League winner Chelsea, saw a hard-fought competition throughout....

Venezuela’s president accused Colombia’s former leader of an attempt to assassinate him, local media reported.  A Colombian envoy and a Venezuelan justice were allegedly involved in the assassination plan, according to the Caracas-based teleSur TV network. "I have learned of a plan...

A U.S. military delegation led by deputy commander of the U.S. European Command will visit Turkey's southeastern Sanliurfa province as part of preparations to set up a Joint Operations Center. According to the Turkish National Defense Ministry, following a visit to the Turkish General...

At least 10 civilians were killed in attacks carried out by Russian and Syrian regime forces in the de-escalation zone in northern Syria, the White Helmets civil defense agency said on Thursday. According to Mustafa Haj Yusuf, head of the White Helmets in Idlib province, 10 people were...

The U.S. will not be able to stall Ankara on the establishment of a safe zone in northern Syria, Turkey’s foreign minister said on Thursday. "What we say since the beginning is that a U.S. stalling tactic will not work. Unfortunately, they employed such stalling on Manbij [Syrian town],...

Sudan's main opposition alliance will nominate economist Abdalla Hamdok to serve as prime minister in the country's transitional government, sources told Reuters Thursday. Sudan's sovereign council, which will be sworn in Monday, will appoint the prime minister based on the nomination from...

Far-right strongman Matteo Salvini’s call for snap elections has raised the spectre of an exclusively nationalist Italian government dominated by his League party, engendering a cross-party opposition attempt to deny him an early vote. The Italian government has been in a state of crisis...

A Russian Airbus with more than 230 people on board was forced to make an emergency landing in a corn field outside Moscow on Thursday after hitting a flock of seagulls, officials said. There were no immediate reports of serious injuries. The Ural Airlines A321 was carrying 226...

More than 500 firefighters battled Thursday to contain a fire sweeping through a pine forest in southern France, with officials warning that strong winds could hinder efforts to bring the blaze under control. Some 900 hectares (2,000 acres) have been destroyed since the fire broke out...

Jeremy Corbyn urged anti-Boris Johnson MPs to make him Britain's caretaker prime minister to avoid a no-deal Brexit -- but his proposal met with a mixed response on Thursday. The Labour main opposition leader said once in power, he would seek to delay Britain's October 31 exit date from the...

Thousands of Yemenis marched through Aden Thursday demanding renewed independence for the south after separatist fighters drove unionist forces out of its former capital in deadly fighting last week. The demonstrators rallied in the Khormaksar district in the heart of the sprawling port...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Mohieddin Saho lost his sight but had the insight that helped him work on a master's degree in English studies at Maximilian University in Munich, Germany.  However, his dreams and aspirations clashed with the German asylum laws, because of which he could lose...

Syrian regime forces captured a string of insurgent-held villages in northwest Syria on Thursday, inching closer to a key jihadist-run town in the Idlib region, a war monitor said. Over the past week, pro-Assad fighters have advanced on the southern edges of Idlib province, controlled by...

The autopsy report of Jeffrey Epstein, the disgraced financier who died in an apparent suicide in his jail cell, found that he had several broken bones in his neck, the Washington Post reported late Wednesday. The injuries can occur to people who hang themselves or who are strangled, the...

Flights were suspended Thursday at Libya’s Mitiga International Airport in capital Tripoli after it was hit by random shelling. A flight of the Afriqiyah Airways was forced to land at the Misrata Airport due to the attack, said a statement issued by the airport. The airport did not...