Hundreds of Syrians in the city of Deraa protested on Sunday at the erection of a new statue of President Bashar al-Assad’s late father, nearly eight years after the original was toppled at the start of Syria’s civil war. Demonstrators and witnesses said residents walked through the streets...

Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas met the leader of Israel's left-wing Meretz party in Ramallah on Sunday and both called for peace efforts to resume. Meretz leader Tamar Zandberg made the trip to the occupied West Bank as she campaigns ahead of Israel's April 9 elections. While...

President Bashar al-Assad said on Sunday Syria was suffering an "economic siege" as his regime faces a raft of international sanctions over the eight-year civil war. "The war on Syria has taken on a new form that is basically siege and economic war," he said, according to a statement...

The United Nations children's fund is paying some 100,000 teachers in Yemen, the UN said Sunday, as two million children go without education in the war-torn country. UNICEF has disbursed the equivalent of $50 per month to more than 97,000 eligible teachers and school staff, and aims to...

US President Donald Trump will seek $8.6 billion in fresh funding for a wall on the US-Mexico border in the 2020 budget request, likely triggering another fight with Congress, White House economic adviser Larry Kudlow said Sunday. The request, which is to be unveiled Monday, would far...

Algeria’s President Abdelaziz Bouteflika returned home on Sunday after receving medical treatment in a Swiss hospital, the Algerian presidency has confirmed, amid protests against the ailing president's bid for a fifth term in office. Bouteflika has landed at a military airport south of the...

In August 2014, Ma'ad  al-Najras  was on his way for his last exam in Law school in eastern Deir Ezzor city, but he arrested by the military intelligence.  Then, his name appeared on the list that was published by Zaman al-Wasl of 8,000 people died under torture in the...

Venezuelans woke up to a fourth day of an unprecedented nationwide blackout on Sunday, leaving residents concerned about the impacts of the lack of electricity on the South American country's health, communications and transport systems. Socialist President Nicolas Maduro - who is facing a...

British Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt says he is looking for ways to help the children of British citizens who joined Daesh (ISIS) in Syria. Hunt told the BBC on Sunday that he and International Development Secretary Penny Mordaunt are studying how the children could be brought to Britain...

British foreign minister Jeremy Hunt said on Sunday that there was momentum behind a move to stop Brexit, warning that unless lawmakers backed the government’s exit deal on Tuesday then Brexit could be reversed. “We have an opportunity now to leave on March 29 or shortly thereafter and it’s...

Striking train workers and students shut the Algerian capital’s rail network and most of the country’s secondary schools Sunday, in protest against President Abdelaziz Bouteflika’s fifth term bid, witnesses said. No trains, metros, trams or buses left or circulated within Algiers, employees...

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, in full campaign mode ahead of April 9 polls, on Sunday said Israel "was not a state of all its citizens" in a reference to the country's Arab population. The prime minister, in comments on Instagram, went on to say all citizens, including Arabs, had equal...

Donald Trump's national security advisor said Sunday that the US president would be "pretty disappointed" if North Korea conducted a new missile test, but he refused to confirm reports that such a test may be near. John Bolton appeared notably cautious when asked on ABC's "This Week" about...

The black flag of the Islamic State group flutters above a bullet-scarred building. Women covered head-to-toe stroll below, as bearded men zip on motorbikes down dirt roads strewn with debris. Pushed flush along a bend in the Euphrates River, this scrap of a desert hamlet in eastern Syria...

US-backed Syrian forces awaited orders Sunday to relaunch their push against the Islamic State group's final scrap of territory as an earlier exodus of civilians from the redoubt slowed to a trickle. The Syrian Democratic Forces renewed their offensive against the jihadists on March 1 after...

Thousands of people rallied against Russia's increasingly restrictive internet policies Sunday which some say will eventually lead to "total censorship" and isolate the country from the world. The mass rally in Moscow and smaller events in other cities across the country was called after...

Pakistan and Iran have agreed for a "closer "intelligence cooperation to combat terrorism amid rising diplomatic tension between the two countries following, killing of 27 Iranian troops in a suicide attack last month, a statement said. "Prime Minister Imran Khan held a telephone...

Moroccan authorities have brought home eight nationals from "conflict zones" in war-torn Syria, according to the interior ministry on Sunday.  In a statement, the ministry said the return of the eight was part of Morocco's "contribution to the international efforts in the fight against...

As the United States has quickly ratcheted up sanctions against Venezuela to pressure Nicolas Maduro, bankers say they are shying away from doing even legitimate business with the crisis-wracked oil-producing country for fear of getting caught in the crossfire. The sanctions target a...

Palestinian officials say that President Mahmoud Abbas has chosen longtime adviser Mohammad Ishtayeh as his new prime minister. The officials say that Abbas will announce the appointment later on Sunday. They spoke on condition of anonymity pending the official announcement. Ishtayeh is...