Qatar Charity recently launched a community center in Kogali, Turkey, to provide protection services to Syrian refugees and Turkish citizens at an estimated cost of $ 750,000 and is expected to benefit 14 thousand people. This came as part of the “QUEST 's initiative” which was launched...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- A senior rebel commander warned political parties of participating in planned Astana 13 conference in August, saying it is "a new Russian trick." Col. Mustafa al-Bakkour, commander in Jaysh al-Izza told Zaman al-Wasl that the Russian-backed offensive on northwestern...

Hong Kong police fired tear gas to disperse protesters late Sunday in the latest wave of violence to roil the financial center, hours after a largely peaceful rally against a now-suspended extradition bill that has plunged the city into chaos. Thousands of protesters descended on China's...

An Israeli minister boasted Sunday that his country was the only one that "has been killing Iranians," after tensions between Britain and Iran rose in the Gulf. Regional Cooperation Minister Tzachi Hanegbi's comments to public radio were a reference to Israeli strikes in neighboring Syria...

An Iranian tanker held in Saudi Arabia since being forced to seek repairs at Jeddah port has been released and is returning to the Islamic Republic, a minister said Sunday. The Happiness 1 tanker "has been released following negotiations and is now moving toward Persian Gulf waters," said...

At least seven fighters loyal to Libyan National Army (LNA) forces commanded by Khalifa Haftar were killed overnight in a drone strike in southern Tripoli, a military source said. Eastern-based LNA had downed a drone Sunday in Tripoli’s southern suburb of Ain Zara, it said without...

  Syrian first responders and activists say regime bombing of the last rebel stronghold in the country has killed at least 11 civilians, as the nearly four-month offensive shows no sign of abating. The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights says six people were killed,...

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s ruling bloc was forecast to win a solid majority in an upper house election on Sunday that could determine whether his dream of revising the post-war, U.S.-drafted pacifist constitution can be kept alive. Media surveys show Abe’s Liberal Democratic Party...

A Sudanese civilian detained and allegedly tortured by security agents in a central town has died in custody, a doctors committee linked to the country's protest movement said Sunday. The man died on Saturday in the town of Dilling in the state of South Kordofan after he was detained by...

Yemen’s Houthi rebel group on Sunday claimed to have killed Saudi soldiers in an attack in the oil-rich kingdom, according to a pro-Houthi television.  Al-Masirah television, citing a military source, said Houthi rebels carried out an attack in the southwestern Jizan region. ...

A female suicide bomber in northwestern Pakistan killed at least eight people and wounded 26 more in an attack outside a local civilian hospital on Sunday, local officials said. The attack in Dera Ismail Khan early on Sunday was claimed by Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan, often known as the...

Iran’s oil minister, Bijan Zanganeh, said on Sunday that the country’s oil exports had not been impacted so far by the recent tanker incidents in the Gulf. “Oil tankers and export of oil is one of the issues in which we have limitations and the U.S. and its allies have caused restrictions...

British junior defense minister Tobias Ellwood Sunday told other politicians, including those hoping to become the country's new prime minister, to stop talking about a no-deal Brexit, saying that option did not offer a solution. Ellwood would not say if he would resign his position if...

German NGO Skate Aid has built a skate park in Damascus, so children can learn the sport and perhaps one day become professional. Skateboarding will make its debut as an Olympic sport next year in Tokyo. And the path to Olympic glory has just been made easier for a group of displaced...

British Airways and Lufthansa abruptly suspended flights to Cairo from Saturday over security concerns, but giving no details about what may have prompted the move. "We constantly review our security arrangements at all our airports around the world, and have suspended flights to Cairo for...

Oman urged Iran Sunday to let the British-flagged tanker Stena Impero, which it seized on Friday, depart. Oman also called on all parties to exercise restraint and resolve differences diplomatically, state broadcaster Oman TV News said on Sunday. "The Sultanate [of Oman] calls for not...

The crew of the British-flagged Stena Impero tanker seized by Iran’s Revolutionary Guards are all safe, the head of the Ports and Maritime Organisation of Iran in Hormozgan Province told state TV on Sunday. “All 23 crew members aboard the ship are safe and in good health in Bandar Abbas...

Humanitarian group SOS Mediterranee said Sunday it has relaunched migrant rescue operations off Libya, seven months after it was forced to abandon efforts using its ship Aquarius. SOS Mediterranee and Doctors Without Borders (MSF) "are back at sea with a new vessel, the Ocean Viking, to...

Thousands gathered in sweltering heat in Hong Kong Sunday for the latest in a series of mass protests over an extradition bill that has plunged the Chinese-ruled financial hub into crisis and revived public opposition to Beijing's tightening grip. Millions have rallied over the past two...

Real Madrid head coach Zinedine Zidane says the La Liga giants are poised to offload Welsh star Gareth Bale in the coming days. Bale was left off Real Madrid's roster for Saturday's 3-1 exhibition loss to Bayern Munich at NRG Stadium in Houston, Texas. "He wasn't included in the squad...