Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei pledged on Tuesday Tehran’s continued support for Yemen’s Houthi movement and called for dialogue among Yemenis to safeguard the war-shattered nation’s territorial integrity. A Saudi-led coalition has been battling to restore Yemen’s ousted...

South Sudan announced that it would scale up its monitoring of the Ebola virus after an outbreak of the hemorrhagic fever was reported in recent months in the neighboring Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).   A simulation exercise slated for Aug. 16 is to be carried out in the...

Saudi authorities have offered to release jailed activist Loujain al-Hathloul in exchange for her video testimony denying that she had been tortured and sexually harassed in prison, her family claimed Tuesday. "The Saudi state security has visited my sister in prison recently. They have...

The Kremlin on Tuesday shrugged off five weeks of street protests in support of free elections in Moscow, saying the situation had not warranted comment from President Vladimir Putin and voicing strong support for the tough police response. The demonstrations over a planned election for the...

The Saudi-led coalition fighting the Houthis in Yemen said an explosive-laden drone launched on Tuesday by the group in the direction of Saudi Arabia had fallen inside Yemeni territory. The Iran-aligned Houthis said earlier they had launched drone attacks on the airport of Abha in southwest...

U.S. President Donald Trump said on Tuesday the situation in Hong Kong was tricky, but he hoped it would work out for everybody, including China, and “for liberty” without anyone getting hurt or killed. “The Hong Kong thing is a very tough situation - very tough,” Trump told reporters...

Hundreds of firefighters battled wildfires in Greece Tuesday, with the largest burning through a thickly forested nature reserve on the island of Evia north of Athens where three villages have been evacuated. More than 220 firefighters were deployed to tackle the fire that was burning out...

Clashes between regime loyalists and insurgents in rebel-held northwest Syria killed 60 combatants Tuesday, an activist group said. Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), a jihadist group led by Syria's former Al-Qaeda affiliate, has since January controlled most of Idlib province as well as parts of...

French referee Stéphanie Frappart will make football history in Istanbul on Wednesday, becoming the first woman to take charge of a major European men’s football match when Liverpool meets Chelsea in the UEFA Super Cup. The annual Super Cup pits the winner of the Champions League against...

Scientists are a step closer to being able to cure the deadly Ebola haemorrhagic fever after two experimental drugs showed survival rates of as much as 90% in a clinical trial in Congo. Two experimental drugs - an antibody cocktail called REGN-EB3 developed by Regeneron and a monoclonal...

 The Iranian militias in al-Bukamal city in the eastern Deir Ezzor countryside started giving religious lessons to children in a number of the city’s neighborhoods. Sources revealed to Deir Ezzor 24 network that the Iranian militias started giving religious lessons to children at...

  (Zaman Al Wasl)- Clashes between regime loyalists and insurgents in rebel-held northwest Syria killed 60 combatants Tuesday, an activist group said. Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), a jihadist group led by Syria's former Al-Qaeda affiliate, has since January controlled most of Idlib...

Indian authorities need more time to restore order in Kashmir, a Supreme Court justice said on Tuesday as a security clampdown entered a ninth day since New Delhi revoked the region’s special status, triggering protests. The court is hearing an activist’s petition seeking to lift curbs on...

The Afghan government led by President Ashraf Ghani and U.S. military officials have denied reports that U.S. personnel have been ordered to limit nearly all offensive combat operations against the Taliban.  Talking to Anadolu Agency, Presidency Spokesman Sediq Seddiqi, said there was...

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said Tuesday that the most important free trade deal that Britain needed to strike was with the European Union. Britain is due to leave the EU on Oct. 31 and Johnson has said he is prepared for an exit whether or not any withdrawal agreement has been...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Fleeing the Syrian cities and towns continues as the Syrian regime continues to seek revenge against own people. Syrians for Truth and Justice (STJ), legal association, stated that different parts of southern Syria have witnessed a new wave of migration, which locals...

German prosecutors said on Tuesday they had found no grounds to investigate Brenntag, the world’s largest chemicals distributor, over the sale to a company in Syria of substances that can be used in chemical weapons. Sueddeutsche Zeitung, working with other media outlets, had in June...

Nigerian midfielder Henry Onyekuru moved to the French football club Monaco, on late Monday, the club said. "Monaco are delighted to announce the signing of Henry Onyekuru from Everton. Our new attacking midfielder joins us on a five year deal," Monaco announced taking to Twitter....

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy signed a decree Tuesday offering citizenship to Russians suffering political persecution, and also to foreigners who fought on Kiev's side in the conflict in eastern Ukraine. Zelenskiy had announced such a move last month in response to a Russian...

 Libyan officials say the fighting around Tripoli has resumed, following a two-day truce observed during the Muslim holiday of Eid al-Adha. The officials said Tuesday that the self-styled Libyan National Army led by commander Khalifa Haftar carried out airstrikes overnight on the...