Qatar-based Al Jazeera TV on Wednesday quoted the military adviser to Iran’s supreme leader as saying that any change in the status of the Strait of Hormuz, which Tehran says it protects, would open the door to a dangerous confrontation. The channel also quoted Hossein Dehghan, a commander...

Russia has never suspended dialogue with the representatives of Venezuelan political landscape, the government and the opposition, said Russia's foreign minister.  People representing opposition leader Juan Guaido are seeking contact with Moscow, said Sergey Lavrov during an interview...

Two Sudanese military officials say security forces have arrested at least a dozen people, including high-ranking army officers for allegedly plotting a coup against the country's ruling generals. The officials said Wednesday the arrested officers worked for Sudan's military and the...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- A mother and her one-year-old baby boy were killed Wednesday in fresh airstrikes by regime forces and Russia on the northwestern province of Idlib, marking the deadliest offensive on the last rebel stronghold in Syria, Civil Defense rescuing agency said. Wednesday's...

 (Zaman Al Wasl)- The Syrian regime's military intelligence has carried out an arrest campaign tracking former rebels fighters who agreed on reconciliation deal in the southern suburbs of Damascus, local activists said Wednesday. The notorious Military Security Division, known as...

Libya's coast guard says it has intercepted around four dozen Europe-bound migrants off the Mediterranean coast and taken them to a detention center that was bombed earlier this month. Spokesperson Ayoub Gassim says a rubber boat carrying 38 migrants, mostly Egyptians, was stopped Tuesday...

New U.S. proposals for a safe zone in north Syria do not satisfy Turkey and the two countries have not agreed on removal of Kurdish fighters from the zone, how deep it should be and who would control it, Turkey's foreign minister said Wednesday. Mevlut Cavusoglu was speaking to reporters in...

 At least 22 Polish citizens were injured, including three seriously, after a bus crashed down a wooded slope near the southern Turkish resort of Kemer on Tuesday, according to a Polish ministry and Turkish and Polish media. “Seven people are still in hospital. Amongst these seven,...

 Iran is ready for “just” negotiations but not if they mean surrender, Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani said on Wednesday, without saying what talks he had in mind. Rouhani seemed to be referring to possible negotiations with the United States. U.S. President Donald Trump withdrew from...

No Iranian drone has been brought down, the ISNA news agency quoted Iran’s Defense Minister Amir Hatami on Wednesday as saying, after the U.S. military said it taken action against two Iranian drones in the past week. The United States said last Thursday that a Navy ship had “destroyed” an...

Every morning, Hadil Mahmoud, a 13-year-old Yemeni girl, used to practice her favorite hobby of climbing trees near her home in the central Taiz province.  One day, a random shell struck nearby as the Yemeni child was moving up a tree in her hometown of Al-Arari in the war-ravaged...

Russia wants an investigation into a South Korean announcement that one of its military planes violated South Korea's airspace, a senior lawmaker said Wednesday citing, Russia's acting ambassador. Seoul said South Korean fighter jets fired 360 rounds of warning shots to drive away the...

Taking over as prime minister on Wednesday, Boris Johnson is expected to unveil a more diverse top team in a government to be tasked with delivering Brexit by the end of October, with or without a deal. The former London mayor won the contest to succeed Theresa May on Tuesday by securing...

Iran will secure the Strait of Hormuz and not allow any disturbance in shipping in the key oil transport waterway, Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi said on Tuesday during a visit to Paris, the state new agency IRNA reported. France, Italy, the Netherlands and Denmark support a...

Japan’s top government spokesman said on Wednesday the country’s relationship with South Korea was in a “very severe” state and that Tokyo would continue to urge Seoul to take appropriate action over a string of issues that have frayed bilateral ties. Japan on Tuesday lodged a protest...

Sudanese protester Walid Abdelrahim was shot dead last month in Khartoum but for his mother he is still alive -- thanks to a colourful mural of his smiling face on a wall of their home. "The painting keeps him alive," said Maiyssa Omar, her voice choking as she talked of her son, who was...

Syrian state-run media says Israel struck the strategic al-Harra hilltops at the edge of the Israeli-Occupied Golan  Heights in southern Syria. Israel hit a strategic area in southern Syria where Western intelligence sources previously said Iranian-backed militias are known to be...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- From the bombing scene where bodies of 38 civilians have been scattered, a U.S.-Syrian activist called on the U.S. President Donald Trump to protect civilians of northwestern Syria as regime forces backed by Russia wage a deadliest aerial campaign that left about 700 civilians...

Facebook acknowledged Tuesday that a flaw in its Messenger Kids service allowed children get into group chats with people who were not approved by their parents. The leading social network said it has been shutting down the group chats involved and notifying thousands of parents that their...

Neymar will travel on an upcoming tour of China with Paris-Saint Germain, the club said Tuesday, as the troubled Brazilian superstar's future remains up in the air amid mounting signs he is unhappy at the French champions. The 27-year-old, who has been repeatedly linked to a move to...