Dozens of Lebanese veterans tussled with security forces in Beirut on Friday as they tried to reach parliament in a protest against any cuts to their benefits in the state budget. The protesters, some waving Lebanese army flags and wearing camouflage trousers, breached coils of barbed wire...

Tens of thousands of Algerians returned to the streets in the capital Algiers and other cities on Friday to demand radical political reforms and the departure of the ruling elite. Protesters are now seeking more freedoms and the removal of the remaining symbols of the old guard, after they...

A senior UN adviser on Friday voiced concern over the ongoing violence in northwestern Syria, decrying a distressing rise. "An alarming intensification of daily violence continues in northwestern Syria. At least 350 civilians are reported to have been killed in recent hostilities in the...

The tranquil winding roads of Lebanon’s mountainous interior are far from the tense waters of the Persian Gulf where President Donald Trump says America came within 10 minutes of war with Iran a few weeks ago. And where, he said on Thursday, the U.S. shot down an Iranian drone. But if fighting...

Security officials say gunmen attacked a police checkpoint in southern Yemen, killing at least five policemen and wounding three. The officials say the assailants struck Friday with hand grenades and an RPG launcher at a checkpoint in Abyan province. The province is located 195 kilometers,...

Iran's state television on Friday aired footage it said disproved U.S. President Donald Trump's assertion that the U.S. Navy has destroyed an Iranian drone in the Gulf. The video published by the Revolutionary Guards showed aerial views of warships. The television station said the drone had...

The U.S. Treasury Friday placed sanctions on a senior Hezbollah operative it said coordinated the 1994 bombing of a Jewish community center in Argentina's capital Buenos Aires. "We are targeting Salman Raouf Salman, who coordinated a devastating attack in Buenos Aires, Argentina against the...

Egyptian security officials say airstrikes targeting Islamic militants are underway in the restive northern Sinai Peninsula, killing at least 20 insurgents. Officials said that Egypt's air force Friday hit more than 100 mountainous hideouts of militant groups in the city of El-Arish and the...

An unmanned aircraft dropped explosives on a base belonging to Iran-linked Shiite paramilitary groups in northern Iraq Friday, killing at least one person, the army and paramilitary sources said. The Iraqi military said in a statement a drone had dropped a grenade onto the base in northern...

Libya's parliament based in the west says it has gathered intelligence warning of the use of possible airstrikes on Tripoli by allies of Commander Khalifa Haftar, who launched a military offensive in April to capture the capital from the U.N.-backed government. The Tripoli-based High...

China urged Washington Friday to "correct" sanctions imposed on Chinese companies accused of helping Iran acquire materials for its nuclear program. U.S. pressure on Iran and its "long-arm jurisdiction" against companies in third countries is the "root cause" of tension with Tehran, a...

Sudanese protest leaders told AFP Friday talks with the country's army rulers have been postponed, just days after the two sides signed a power sharing deal. "The talks have been postponed," said prominent protest leader Omar al-Digeir. "We need more internal consultation to reach a...

Microsoft Corpon Thursday beat analysts’ estimates for fourth-quarter revenue and profit, driven by continued sales increases from its cloud business and sending its shares to all-time highs. Since Chief Executive Satya Nadella took over in 2014, Microsoft has been shifting away from its...

Talks between the government of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and the opposition are continuing in Barbados, the foreign ministry from mediator Norway said late on Thursday in a rare statement about the progress of the discussions. “The representatives of the central political actors...

Boris Johnson, the favorite to be the next British prime minister, has the backbone to resist pressure from parliament to delay Brexit again even if it means leaving the European Union without a deal, a leading supporter said Friday. Asked whether the next prime minister might be forced by...

Argentine authorities designated Hezbollah, which it blames for two attacks on its soil, a terrorist organization Thursday and ordered the freezing of the group’s assets in the country. The announcement coincided with a visit by U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo as Argentina marks the...

 Iran's armed forces denied Friday the United States had downed one of their drones, saying all such aircraft had "safely returned" to their bases, Tasnim news agency reported. U.S. President Donald Trump claimed an American naval vessel downed an Iranian drone that threatened the ship...

Russia on Thursday opposed a United Nations Security Council resolution calling for an end to attacks on health facilities in Syria's Idlib region, diplomats said after the latest meeting over violence in the country's last major opposition bastion. The outcome led to a rare statement...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- A study prepared by former Syrian officers who were part of one of the Hezbollah training teams due to military mission by the regime army. These officers provide details about the unmanned airplanes and the types that Hezbollah uses in its operations....

The Libyan capital Tripoli's Mitiga airport halted air traffic Thursday after the facility was struck by missiles, according to a post on the airport authority's Facebook page. No further details were given. Mitiga is the only working airport in Tripoli, which has been under attack for...