Austrian President Alexander Van der Bellen said Sunday he wanted snap elections to take place in September after the government collapsed over a corruption scandal. "My preference is for early elections in September, if possible the beginning of September," he told journalists after...

Sudan's ruling military council is meeting with protesters on the country's political transition after talks were halted for three days while roads were cleared outside the main sit-in in the capital, Khartoum. The deputy head of the military council, Gen. Mohammed Hamdan Dagalo, meanwhile...

Belgian defender Vincent Kompany said Sunday he would be leaving Manchester City after helping the Premier League club to a become the first team to win the English treble of league championship and both domestic cups. "We’ve just seen the close of an incredible season. My 11th as a Blue....

Australia's conservative government celebrated Sunday its surprise election victory that defied years of unfavorable opinion polls, with U.S. and Israeli leaders welcoming Prime Minister Scott Morrison's return to office. Australia's Liberal-led coalition has won or is leading in 74 seats...

A senior Saudi official denied the authorities posed any threat to prominent Palestinian human rights campaigner Iyad al-Baghdadi, who has said the Norwegian security services warned him of a threat against him from Saudi Arabia. “I’ve really never heard of anyone named Iyad al-Baghdadi,”...

Huawei Technologies’ founder and chief executive Ren Zhengfei said on Saturday the growth of the Chinese tech giant “may slow, but only slightly” due to recent U.S. restrictions. In remarks to the Japanese press and reported by Nikkei Asian Review, Ren reiterated that the Chinese telecom...

Saudi Arabia said on Sunday that it wants to avert war in the region but stands ready to respond with “all strength” following last week’s attacks on Saudi oil assets, telling Iran that the ball was now in its court. Riyadh has accused Tehran of ordering Tuesday’s drone strikes on two oil...

British Prime Minister Theresa May said Sunday she was preparing to make a "bold offer" to MPs in one final attempt to get them to back her Brexit deal. May said that when she brings the Withdrawal Agreement Bill before parliament early next month, it will come with a new package of...

Israel launched strikes on southern Syria late Saturday, a monitoring group said, prompting air defenses into action for the second night in a row. "Israeli airplanes fired at least three missiles from the occupied Golan," said Rami Abdel-Rahman, head of the Britain-based Syrian Observatory...

Saudi Arabia has called for urgent meetings of the regional Gulf Cooperation Council and the Arab League to discuss escalating tensions in the region, the kingdom’s official news agency said on Saturday. The Saudi Press Agency (SPA) said King Salman had invited Gulf leaders and Arab states...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- The Syrian regime’s economic crisis led to the ultimate cessation of financial support to pro-Bashar al-Assad’s media outlets and journalists, official sources revealed. Sha’aban Aboud, a Washington-based journalist, noted in his Facebook page, that media support for...

China’s senior diplomat Wang Yi told U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Saturday that recent U.S. words and actions had harmed the interests of China and its enterprises, and that Washington should show restraint, China’s foreign ministry said. Speaking to Pompeo by telephone, Wang said...

Air strikes stopped in northwest Syria over the past 12 hours, rescuers said on Saturday, as Turkey-backed rebels arrived at the fronts to help fight the army and its Russian ally. A spokesman for rebels said they rejected a ceasefire proposal from Moscow as long as government forces remain...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- At least five rebels killed in artillery fire launched by the U.S.-led forces and the regime army in Azaz town in northern Aleppo province, commander said Saturday. The Syrian Democratic Forces backed (SDF) and regime forces seek to take territory under the control of...

Antoine Griezmann was jeered during his last game for Atletico Madrid and Rodrigo might have scored his final goal for the club as they came from behind to draw 2-2 against Levante in La Liga on Saturday. Griezmann received whistles at the City of Valencia Stadium from the visiting fans,...

Arjen Robben and Franck Ribery bid an emotional farewell to Bayern Munich ahead of Saturday's title-deciding clash with Eintracht Frankfurt, despite starting their final home game for Bayern on the bench. Fans displayed a tifo thanking the pair for their "fight and committment for our...

wo guards were killed and four others were kidnapped early on Saturday in a suspected Daesh (ISIS) attack targeting Libya's Zella oilfield, a security source said. The attackers struck at an entrance gate to the field, which lies near the town of Zella about 760 km southwest of the capital,...

Sudanese Islamist movements said they will rally Saturday against a roadmap by protesters seeking civilian rule that makes no mention of Islamic sharia law in the country. "The main reason for the mobilization is that the alliance is ignoring the application of sharia in its deal" with the...

U.S.-allied Bahrain warned its citizens Saturday against travel to Iraq and Iran and asked those already there to return "immediately" for their safety, state news agency BNA said. The Bahrain Foreign Ministry cited, "unstable regional circumstances, dangerous developments and potential...

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said on Saturday he did not believe a war would break out in the region as Tehran did not want a conflict and no country had the “illusion it could confront Iran”, the state news agency IRNA reported. Tensions have escalated in recent days, with...