World leaders attending a Group of 20 summit in Japan that began Friday are clashing over the values that have served for decades as the foundation of their cooperation as they face calls to fend off threats to economic growth. "A free and open economy is the basis for peace and...

The Democratic-controlled House voted Thursday to send President Donald Trump a bipartisan, Senate-drafted, $4.6 billion measure to care for migrant refugees detained at the southern border. The emergency legislation, required to ease overcrowded, often harsh conditions at U.S. holding...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- At least five U.S.-backed fighters were killed Thursday in clashes with ISIS (Daesh) militants in eastern Deir Ezzor province, activists told Zaman al-Wasl. The assailants opened fire on the Syrian Democratic Forces in the town of al-Hajin, according to activist Mohamed...

 (Zaman Al Wasl)- The Syrian People's Assembly has approved on Wednesday an amendment of the Personal Status Law, modifying articles issued in 1950. The amendments included several points affecting marital and family relations, most notably raising the age of marriage eligibility...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Syrian rebels launched a counterattack on regime army's units in northern Idlib province, leaving dozen killed and wounded, rebel commander said  Thursday . Captain Naji al-Mustapha, spokesman for the Liberation National Front, said the Front’s fighters had...

The European Union is "deeply concerned" about the situation in northwestern Syria, a statement said on Thursday. In a declaration on behalf of the EU, foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini said after more than eight years of conflict, the Syrian population continues to suffer...

Alphabet Inc announced on Thursday that its year-old cybersecurity company, Chronicle, would be absorbed by its Google Cloud division because customers have been seeking an integrated offering. Chronicle Chief Executive Stephen Gillett said in a blog post that the malware analysis and...

The U.S. policy of maximum economic pressure on Tehran is working but the sanctions do not give Iran the right to breach its nuclear commitments, a senior U.S. official said Monday. U.S. Special Representative on Iran Brian Hook was speaking in an interview before a meeting with senior...

Palestinian officials Thursday dismissed the Bahrain conference led by "amateurs" like Jared Kushner, as they opened two days of talks on Jerusalem's future at the United Nations. The meeting at the U.N.'s European headquarters lacked the fanfare – and multi-billion dollar economic plans –...

Iran's Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif on Thursday warned that US President Donald Trump was mistaken in thinking a war between their countries would not last long. "'Short war' with Iran is an illusion," Zarif tweeted a day after Trump said he does not want a war with Iran but warned...

The US-led coalition said Thursday it had unintentionally killed at least 1,319 civilians in strikes during its fight against the Islamic State group in Iraq and Syria since 2014. The figure is far lower than the death tolls given by groups that have monitored the conflict in the two...

The UN Security Council on Thursday agreed on a four-month pause in the drawdown of a peacekeeping mission from Sudan's Darfur region as leaders in Khartoum press on with difficult talks on a political transition. The council unanimously voted to renew the mandate of the UN-African Union...

Europeans were safer from jihadist attacks last year than at any point since Islamic State set up its caliphate in 2014, but a number of foiled attacks including plots to use poison chemicals show that the threat still endures, police agency Europol said. Thirteen people were killed and 46...

 Iran is on course to breach a threshold in its nuclear agreement with world powers within days by accumulating more enriched uranium than permitted, although it has not done so yet, diplomats said, citing the latest data from U.N. inspectors. France, one of the European powers caught...

French President Emmanuel Macron warned Iran on Thursday not to quit its 2015 nuclear deal or give signals that it intended to do so, and said he would discuss efforts to avoid military escalation with U.S. President Donald Trump. U.S. allies in Europe have been alarmed by an escalation...

 "A deeper understanding" between Russia and the United States is needed to move the Syrian peace process forward, U.N. Syria envoy Geir Pedersen said in an interview published on Thursday. Successive U.N. envoys have failed to stop Syria's eight-year war, which has caused hundreds of...

Tunisian President Beji Caid Essebsi, 92, a major player since the country’s transition to democracy since 2011, was on Thursday taken to a military hospital after suffering a “severe health crisis”, the presidency said. One of his advisers told Reuters he was in a “very critical”...

Bahrain's foreign minister has said Israel is part of the region's heritage and the Jewish people have "a place amongst us" in a rare interview of an Arab official by an Israeli journalist. The interview -- on the sidelines of the US-organised economic conference in Bahrain, intended to...

France reopened a revered but long-closed archaeological site in the heart of Jerusalem on Thursday, but a dispute over access immediately disrupted its reopening. France, the owner of the site known as the Tomb of the Kings, reopened it to visits after having kept it closed since 2010....

Bayern Munich coach Niko Kovac has demanded that the club sign four new players as they rejuvenate their squad ahead of next season, Kicker magazine reported Thursday. The 28-time Bundesliga winners are undergoing a major squad overhaul, and several senior players have left this year....