Oil prices fell on Wednesday on weak economic data from China and Europe and a rise in U.S. crude inventories, partly erasing the previous session’s sharp gains after the United States said it would delay tariffs on some Chinese products. Brent crude LCOc1 was down $1.03, or 1.7%, at $60.27...

President Hassan Rouhani said on Wednesday Iran and other Gulf states could protect the region’s security and foreign forces were not needed, state TV reported, repeating a longstanding rejection of a U.S. maritime security mission in the region. The United States has launched a maritime...

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said Wednesday Britons wanted politicians to get on with delivering Brexit and were frustrated that they had failed to ensure a departure from the European Union. Asked if he would hold an election after Oct. 31 to ensure parliament could not prevent...

A government military base in the Lower Shabelle region of Somalia was struck by car bombs and gunfire Wednesday, residents said, and the al Qaeda-linked al Shabaab group claimed responsibility for the attack. The mid-morning attack occurred in Awdhigle, an agricultural district along the...

Iran's supreme leader has held talks with a senior Yemeni rebel official just days after the long-running intervention against the rebels by its regional foes Saudi Arabia and the UAE suffered a major setback. Ayatollah Ali Khamenei hosted Houthi rebel spokesman Mohammed Abdul Salam at his...

The graffiti that symbolised Sudan's uprising are being painted over across the capital Khartoum, protest leaders complained Wednesday, urging the military authorities to stop their whitewashing. The Forces for Freedom and Change that led the months-long protest movement that brought down...

Notre-Dame cathedral in Paris is still at risk of collapse after being gutted by a fire in April, with more stonework falling during the recent heatwave in the French capital, the government said on Wednesday. France's culture ministry insisted that the urgent need to make the cathedral...

Dr Yasser al Samm, a surgeon, was on duty in the emergency ward of the Maaret al Numan hospital in Idlib on July 10 when he heard four explosions and felt the walls shake. "I was confused but there was no time for confusion. We started to evacuate the patients to the basement," he said....

Italy on Wednesday marked a year since the Genoa motorway bridge collapse that killed 43 people, as the country grapples with a political crisis sparked by far-right leader Matteo Salvini. A mass took place in a warehouse near the spot where a section of the Morandi highway fell during...

A Syrian activist group and state-controlled media say that regime forces have captured two northwestern villages, inching closer to a major rebel-held town. The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, an opposition-linked activist group, says Syrian troops captured the...

Heavy rain in Sudan has caused extensive flooding that killed at least seven people in the country's south Tuesday, the state news agency reported. "Seven citizens were killed, two injured and 10 villages affected by rain and flooding in Jazira state," SUNA said. The downpours, which...

U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has banned certain models of Apple Inc’s (AAPL.O) MacBook Pro laptops on flights, after the company recalled select units which had batteries posing fire risks. “The FAA is aware of the recalled batteries that are used in some Apple MacBook Pro...

The UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) on Tuesday urged European countries to take 507 rescued migrants who are currently stranded in the Mediterranean Sea.   "Many are reportedly survivors of appalling abuses in Libya and are from refugee-producing countries. They are in need of...

Thousands marched in Muzaffarabad -- the capital of Pakistan-administered Kashmir -- on Monday to protest against India's withdrawal of special rights to the Indian administered part of Jammu and Kashmir through a presidential decree last week. The rally coincided with the Muslim festival...

With the establishment of a safe zone in northern Syria with the aim of getting rid of the YPG/PKK terror group in the region, Turkey hopes to resettle a portion of the displaced Syrians currently living in the country. Turkish military officials and their U.S. counterparts last Wednesday...

Flights resumed at Hong Kong's airport Wednesday morning after two days of disruptions marked by outbursts of violence that highlight the hardening positions of pro-democracy protesters and the authorities in the semi-autonomous Chinese city. About three dozen protesters remained camped in...

Facebook has paid hundreds of contractors to listen to and transcribe snippets of users' conversations, US media reported on Tuesday, amid heightened scrutiny of the social network's data collection practices. Facebook acknowledged the transcriptions, which were first reported by Bloomberg,...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- A US-backed fighter was killed and others wounded Tuesday by an improvised explosive device ramped a military vehicle in eastern Deir Ezzor province, local sources said. The blast came as a serise of scattered attacks return to the scene in the former territory of the...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham executed a Syrian media activist last April by a gunshot in his detention centre, monitoring group and brother said Tuesday.    Samer al-Salloum, 34, was a victim of the arbitrary arrest by the former Syrian offshoot of al-Qaeda...

Millions of haj pilgrims began heading back to Mecca for final prayers on Tuesday as the world’s largest annual gathering of Muslims wound down without incident despite the logistical challenges and escalating regional tensions. Senior officials said there had been no major incidents and...