Egypt's Parliament Monday removed jail penalties from a law controlling operations of non-governmental organizations, but rights groups rejected the changes as insufficient. Justified by officials to protect national security from meddling by foreign-funded charities, the 2017 law...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Nidhal al-Fakhouri, a Syrian refugee boxer in Turkey was able to win regional boxing championship on Saturday in the Turkish city of Mersin, defeating his Iranian counterpart Hadi Shujaie. The atmosphere was in the stadium was enthusiastic, filled with Syrian and...

A court in Myanmar began proceedings Monday against a suspect in the rape of a 2-year-old girl at her nursery school, in a case that has generated huge interest and protests, partly because of doubts that the arrested man is guilty. Aung Kyaw Myo appeared at Dakkhina Thiri District...

Yemen's warring sides have met for the first time in five months to discuss redeployment of forces from the flashpoint port city of Hodeida. Wadah Dabish, a spokesman for the forces loyal to the internationally recognized government, says the meeting took place late Sunday abroad a U.N....

Police in northern Italy have detained three men, including one linked to a neo-fascist Italian political party, after uncovering a huge stash of automatic weapons, a missile and material featuring Nazi symbols. Police said the discoveries stemmed from a previous investigation into...

When the plastic bucket is filled with roses, Nahla al-Zarda takes it into the kitchen, where she separates the petals from the buds. She soaks them in boiling water, which blushes pink. “I love this colour. It will be even stronger when the drink is ready,” she says. Her...

Environmental activists sought to sow chaos in five British cities Monday in a bid to force the government to act to help avert what they cast as a climate cataclysm. The Extinction Rebellion group disrupted London with 11 days of protests in April that it cast as the biggest act of...

Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam said Monday protesters involved in the latest clashes with the police could be described as "rioters" and that she supported police upholding the law and seeking those responsible. Lam made the comments at a hospital where three police officers were being...

Iraq's oil exports from its southern ports have reached 3.42 million barrels per day (bpd) so far in July, two oil officials told Reuters Monday. Exports from its southern Basra terminals fell to 3.39 million bpd in June from 3.441 million bpd in the previous month. Officials...

British Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt said Monday that Iran's actions were "profoundly destabilizing" but said he wanted to reduce tensions in the Middle East, ahead of talks with his EU counterparts. "Heading to Brussels for urgent talks on how to reduce tensions with Iran," Hunt...

The Syrian regime said a gas plant resumed operations Monday after repairs to a key pipeline put out of service by a sabotage attack at the weekend. "The Ebla gas plant resumed production at full capacity" at dawn Monday after repair of the sabotaged pipeline, the Ministry of Oil and...

Representatives from Yemen's government and Huthi rebels tasked with pulling forces out of the key port city of Hodeida met Sunday for the first time in five months. The redeployment from Hodeida is a critical part of a ceasefire deal reached in December in Sweden that calls on the...

Rockets fired by jihadists Sunday killed six civilians and wounded eight others in the regime-held northern city of Aleppo, state news agency SANA reported. It said two neighbourhoods were struck in the "terrorist rocket attack" and that one rocket hit the municipal building in the city,...

U.S. President Donald Trump has the authority to waive sanctions on Turkey for its purchase of Russian air defense systems and should find a “middle ground” in the dispute, President Tayyip Erdogan was quoted as saying on Sunday. Erdogan’s comments came two days after NATO member Turkey...

French police fired tear gas at protesters during a tense standoff in central Paris Sunday in the aftermath of the annual military parade on the Champs-Elysees, AFP reporters said. Officers attempted to disperse dozens of protesters, who chanted anti-government slogans, knocked down...

Iran is ready to hold talks with the United States if Washington lifts sanctions and returns to the 2015 nuclear deal it exited last year, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said in a televised speech Sunday. "We have always believed in talks ... if they lift sanctions, end the imposed...

The Algerian army has arrested five suspects for planning "attacks" against anti-government demonstrations that have swept the North African country since February 22, the defense ministry said Sunday. The suspects "planned attacks against peaceful protests across different parts of the...

Lewis Hamilton made the most of a favourable safety car intervention on Sunday to claim a record sixth British Grand Prix victory at a packed Silverstone. The defending five-time world champion clocking fastest lap on his final lap to finish 25 seconds clear of Mercedes team-mate and...

Members of a feared Sudanese paramilitary force shot dead a civilian Sunday in a town southeast of the capital as angry residents protested against the paramilitaries, witnesses and doctors said. The incident occurred in El-Souk in the state of Sinnar when residents of the town rallied...

An anti-Brexit activist who won a major legal case against the British government said Sunday she will go to court again if the next prime minister tries to force the U.K. out of the European Union without a deal. Businesswoman Gina Miller said she instructed her lawyers to serve notice to...