Algerian army chief Ahmed Gaid Salah on Tuesday called for the activation of a constitutional article with the aim of having 82-year-old President Abdelaziz Bouteflika deemed unfit for office. In remarks broadcast on state television, Salah cited Article 102 of Algeria’s national charter,...

The UN's special coordinator for the Middle East peace process expressed concerns Tuesday that violence in Gaza may lead to devastating consequences. "I am concerned that we may, once again, be facing another very dangerous escalation of violence in Gaza, with potentially catastrophic...

A new power outage in Venezuela forced the South American country to shut schools and public and private sectors for 24 hours Tuesday. Vice President Jorge Rodriguez announced all work and education activities will be halted for as the nation deal with the problem that is affecting most of...

  Islamic State said on Tuesday it had launched a deadly attack on Kurdish forces in northern Syria overnight, the first such claim by the group since U.S.-backed forces proclaimed the capture of its last territory in Syria last week. A spokesman for the U.S.-backed militia that...

Syria's state news agency says thousands of Syrians have gathered in the streets of different cities to protest President Donald Trump's formal recognition of Israel's sovereignty over the occupied Golan Heights. SANA posted photographs of a march in the southern city of Swaida Tuesday...

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani criticized U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday for recognizing the Golan Heights as part of Israel and said the move was against international law. “No one could imagine that a person in America comes and gives land of a nation to another occupying...

Bahrain, headquarters of the U.S. Navy’s Fifth Fleet, plans to roll out a commercial 5G mobile network by June, partly using Huawei technology despite the United States’ concerns the Chinese telecom giant’s equipment could be used for spying. Washington has warned countries against using...

Yemenis held a mass rally in the capital Sanaa on Tuesday to mark the fourth anniversary of a war that has killed tens of thousands of people and pushed the country to the brink of starvation. It was a show of support for the Iran-aligned Houthi movement as the United Nations pushes ahead...

About 2,000 people rallied in central Algiers on Tuesday calling for the resignation of President Abdelaziz Bouteflika, keeping up the pressure after weeks of protests that threaten to topple him and the ruling elite which has helped keep him in power for 20 years. Bouteflika, one of the...

Cross-border fighting between Israel and Hamas abated on Tuesday after a day of Palestinian rocket attacks and Israeli air strikes, but Israel said it reserved the right to strike again and kept its forces massed at the Gaza frontier. The biggest Israeli-Palestinian escalation in months,...

French President Emmanuel Macron on Tuesday said competition between the European Union and China must not lead to a breakdown in world trade systems or political isolationism, as his Chinese counterpart promised to work side-by-side with Europe. Macron, who invited German Chancellor Angela...

The European Parliament approved Tuesday a landmark copyright bill which seeks to give creative writers and artists better protection of their rights and income. However, the bill, which still needs to go to the 28 member states for approval, has faced criticism by some for stifling...

Suspected jihadists killed seven US-backed fighters in the northern Syrian city of Manbij, its military council said on Tuesday, days after the Islamic State group's "caliphate" was declared defeated. Manbij is a former IS stronghold that is now ruled by a military council affiliated with...

France's budget deficit fell to a 12-year low of 2.5 percent in 2018, a greater-than-expected decline achieved despite falling growth and purchasing power, national statistics agency Insee said Tuesday. The deficit was lower than the government's forecast of 2.6 percent, and came as Insee...

Russia warned on Tuesday that a decision by U.S. President Donald Trump to recognize Israel's control over the occupied Syrian Golan Heights would have negative consequences for stability in the Middle East. "Such a decision clearly has negative consequences both from the point of view of...

Two children were killed and five others injured in a regime artillery shelling on a school in Syria's northwestern Idlib province on Tuesday, according to sources with the White Helmets civil defense agency.  Speaking to Anadolu Agency, the sources said regime forces and allied...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- One civilian tortured to death by the US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) accused of collaborating with Daesh (ISIS) in Deir Ezzor province, local activists said Tuesday. The man was endured to electric shock and brutal torture along with one of the Islamic...

Hackers were able to deliver malware to the more one million-plus Asus computer owners last year by hijacking the company’s software update system, security researchers said on Monday. Moscow-based cyber security provider Kaspersky Lab said the attack took place between June and November...

 McDonald’s Corp said on Monday it would buy Israel’s Dynamic Yield, whose technology helps marketers personalize customer interactions, to boost its online marketing efforts. McDonald’s will pay more than $300 million, a person familiar with the matter said. McDonald’s said it...

Global ride-hailing firm Uber Technologies Inc will spend $3.1 billion to acquire Middle East rival Careem, buying dominance in a competitive region ahead of a hotly anticipated initial public offering.   Uber said late Monday night it would pay $1.4 billion in cash and $1.7 billion in...