Sri Lankan police Tuesday arrested their top commander and a former defense chief over their alleged failures to prevent the Easter Sunday bombings that killed 258 people, spokesman Ruwan Gunasekera said. He said Inspector-General Pujith Jayasundara and former defence secretary Hemasiri...

Jordan called Tuesday on Libya's internationally recognized government to facilitate the release of three Jordanian nationals abducted by a militia last year. Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi spoke with his Libyan counterpart Mohammad Tahir Syala about the "case of three Jordanians abducted in...

A Sudanese opposition group says security forces have arrested two of its leaders amid a months-long standoff with the ruling military council. The Sudanese Professionals' Association, which has spearheaded the protests demanding civilian rule, said Tuesday the arrests took place in the...

Algerian parliament president Moad Bouchareb quit Tuesday, Ennahar TV and a parliamentary source said, after prolonged demands for his removal by protesters who saw him as a pillar of the ruling elite. Bouchareb bowed out three months after longtime President Abdelaziz Bouteflika resigned...

European Parliament opens a new session on Tuesday with newly elected British MEPs still in their ranks and three Catalan separatists blocked by Madrid from taking their seats. The 751-seat parliament -- based in Strasbourg, France -- is more fragmented than ever after a vote in May that...

China on Tuesday rebuked Donald Trump for "gross interference" in Hong Kong's affairs after the US president said protesters who stormed the city's legislature wanted democracy for the financial hub. Trump weighed in on the protests in Hong Kong on Monday, saying the demonstrators are...

The United Arab Emirates Tuesday called on Sudan's army and protesters to continue dialogue and avoid violence after protest leaders called for a one-day "civil disobedience" campaign. "It is important for dialogue to continue in Sudan away from disputes and towards an agreement regarding...

President Donald Trump said he wants to pull U.S. troops out of Afghanistan but is concerned that without an American military presence, the country could be used as a base for terrorist attacks on the United States. In an interview on Fox News broadcast on Monday, Trump said the problem...

While Libya’s oil lies at the heart of three months of fighting over Tripoli and years of power struggles before that, water is becoming a far bigger concern for its people. Interruptions to water supplies are common after eight years of near-anarchy since Muammar Gaddafi was ousted, but a...

Iran rejected Tuesday a White House accusation that Tehran was long violating the terms of its nuclear deal with world powers, after the Islamic Republic said it had amassed more low-enriched uranium than permitted under the accord. "Seriously?" Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said in...

Syria's regime on Tuesday accused Israel of committing "state terrorism" after reported Israeli airstrikes killed 15 people including civilians. "Israeli authorities are increasingly practicing state terrorism," the Foreign Ministry said in a statement carried by the official SANA news...

Iranian media are reporting authorities have dismissed prison officials following an investigation into the June death of a jailed activist. The Tuesday report by the hard-line Mashregh news website says the prisons director for the province of Tehran, Mostafa Mohebi, was replaced, along...

Turkey has ordered the arrest of 82 military personnel over suspected links to the network accused by Ankara of carrying out an attempted coup in 2016, the state-run Anadolu news agency said Tuesday. Ankara blames U.S.-based Muslim preacher Fethullah Gulen, who has lived in self-imposed...

A Venezuelan politician accused of an attempt to assassinate President Nicolas Maduro using explosing drones will face trial after a court on Monday accepted charges against him, his lawyer said. Opposition lawmaker Juan Requesens faces 30 years in prison if found guilty of the brazen...

China's central government condemned on Tuesday the ransacking of Hong Kong's legislature and said it backed the city authorities to investigate the "criminal responsibility of violent offenders". The semi-autonomous financial hub has been thrown into crisis by weeks of massive...

A Yemeni rebel attack on a civilian airport in southern Saudi Arabia wounded nine civilians Tuesday, a Riyadh-led coalition said, the latest in a series of strikes on the site. "The terrorist attack on Abha airport... led to the injury of nine civilians, including eight Saudi citizens and...

Iran's stock market is thriving, despite US sanctions which have battered its economy and an uncertain future as geopolitical tensions soar in the Gulf. Tehran Stock Exchange was buzzing Monday after the latest spike in a 12-month bull market, which veteran trader Mohsen said was mostly...

 Zaman al-Wasl obtained satellite images and video footage of a cemetery holds 500 pro-Shiite fighters inside the Assad Military Academy in Aleppo province. A well-informed source confirmed that most of the slain fighters were from the Shiite villages of Nubl and al-Zahraa in...

A Palestinian man who was killed by Israeli police during clashes in east Jerusalem last week has been laid to rest after his body was released to his family. Authorities had held the body of 20-year-old Mohammad Obeid since he was fatally shot last Thursday. The shooting sparked three...

Facebook said Monday it would take new steps to eliminate content promoting white nationalism and white separatism after an external audit said its efforts were "too narrow." The audit led by civil rights attorney Laura Murphy indicated Facebook's policy did not go far enough by only...