The British government is considering different options on what to do if parliament fails to approve Prime Minister Theresa May’s deal to leave the European Union by March 12, a government official said on Monday. May’s decision to push back a vote on her deal, which she is trying to change...

French President Emmanuel Macron’s popularity has recovered to levels not seen since “yellow vest” protests broke out in mid-November as support for movement wanes, a poll showed on Monday. The share of people who consider Macron a good president rose to 32 percent this month, where his...

Hundreds of people took to the streets of Barcelona on Sunday to protest against a visit by Spain’s King Felipe VI to the Catalonia region that made a failed bid to secede in 2017. The king has become a polarizing figure in Catalonia since making a rare political intervention at the height...

US President Donald Trump said Sunday US trade talks with China have been "very productive" but offered no hint of the outcome as they entered their fourth day. The negotiations in Washington were extended on Friday until Sunday as officials race to reach a deal ahead of a deadline next...

A boat carrying aid from the United States docked at the island of Curacao on Sunday after officials said the Venezuelan military had stopped it reaching the crisis-hit country. The shipment was part of a broader drive to take food and medicine into Venezuela in defiance of its President...

 (Zaman Al Wasl)- The head of the regime’s Military Intelligence Division on Sunday has met with the residents of Tafas town in southern Daraa province at a Russian request to discuss the fate of detainees, local activists told Zaman al-Wasl. The heavy-guarded Maj. Gen. Mohamed...

The first EU-Arab summit is set to open in Egypt's Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheikh on Sunday amid a high turnout from European officials.  The two-day summit, however, will see a low-level representation from half of Arab countries, according to official statements and Arab media...

French President Emmanuel Macron’s recent statement in which he said anti-Zionism is a form of anti-Semitism has drawn criticism. Critics are of the view that being critical of Israel and its aggressive policies in Palestine should not be labelled as anti-Semitism. “France wants to be...

Israeli police on Sunday arrested and later released a senior Muslim cleric who helps administrate a sacred compound in the Old City, two days after he re-opened a mosque sealed by Israel during a Palestinian uprising in 2003. Sheikh Abdel-Azeem Salhab, who sits on the religious council...

Afghanistan began exports to India through an Iranian port on Sunday, official said, as the landlocked, war-torn nation turns to overseas markets to improve its economy. Officials said 23 trucks carrying 57 tonnes of dried fruits, textiles, carpets and mineral products were dispatched from...

British Prime Minister Theresa May promised on Sunday to bring a vote on her Brexit deal back to parliament by March 12, the latest delay in her attempts to win approval for a plan to ease Britain’s departure from the European Union. With just 33 days until Britain is due to leave the bloc,...

More than a thousand foreign jihadists could still be sheltering among civilians in Islamic State’s final stronghold in east Syria, a shred of land riddled with defensive tunnels, an official with the U.S.-backed force trying to defeat them said on Sunday. The Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF)...

Manchester United midfielder Nemanja Matic will be sidelined for two weeks after being ruled out of Sunday's clash against Liverpool. Matic was a surprise absence from United's team-sheet for the Premier League showdown with title-chasing Liverpool at Old Trafford. United manager Ole...

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo expressed confidence Sunday that embattled Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro's "days are numbered," amid a violent impasse over humanitarian aid. "Predictions are difficult. Picking exact days is difficult," Pompeo said on CNN's "State of the Union." "I'm...

Thousands of protesters in the Gaza Strip Sunday called on Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas to resign after attempts to pressure his rival Hamas with financial cuts in the impoverished enclave. "Leave!" yelled crowds made up mainly of supporters of Hamas and Mohammed Dahlan, an Abbas...

While the leaders of North Korea and the United States debate banishing nuclear bombs from the Korean peninsula, the host of their summit this week, Vietnam, long almost synonymous with war, is relishing its role as a promoter of peace. U.S. President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim...

Iranian-aligned Houthi forces have agreed to draw back from two Yemeni ports on Monday while withdrawal from the main Hodeidah port will occur later alongside a retreat by coalition-backed forces massed outside the city, U.N. and Yemeni sources said. Houthi forces will withdraw 5 km (3 miles)...

Egypt’s foreign ministry on Sunday condemned the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) for criticizing trials that led to the execution of nine people last week. Nine men were executed on Wednesday over the 2015 killing of the country’s chief prosecutor...

Police in Algiers fired tear gas to disperse hundreds of demonstrators on a third straight day of protests against President Abdelaziz Bouteflika’s plan to run for a fifth term after six years of his near total absence from public life. On Friday thousands took to the streets in the capital...

Sunday Nicholas voted for Muhammadu Buhari in Nigeria’s 2015 presidential election, but the 32-year-old factory worker in the northern city of Kano was casting his ballot on Saturday for the president’s challenger, Atiku Abubakar. “Most of the (workers) cannot feed their families,” Nicholas...