Syrian state media, citing a military source, said U.S.-led coalition jets hit a Syrian army position near the battle front against Islamic State pocket late on Saturday, causing damage and injuries. A spokesman for the U.S.-led coalition, which is fighting a last Islamic State pocket east...

The Venezuelan president on Sunday said that the U.S. wanted to go back to the 20th century where the natural resources of a country were exploited through Washington-backed coups. Nicolas Maduro spoke to Spanish La Sexta channel and commented on the U.S. attitude, EU ultimatum and the...

The deputy chief of Iran's Revolutionary Guards has warned Europe against forcing the Islamic Republic into boosting the range of its missiles by trying to halt their development. "If the Europeans, or anyone else, want to conspire to disarm Iran of missiles, we will be forced to make a...

On a rooftop near the front line with the Islamic State group's collapsing caliphate in eastern Syria, a US-backed fighter and his comrades sip tea as they await orders to restart the battle. The Syrian Democratic Forces halted their ground assault on IS's final shreds of territory last...

Syrian state-run media, citing a military source, said U.S.-led jets attacked an Assad regime forces position near the battle front against the last Daesh pocket east of the Euphrates late on Saturday, causing damage and injuries. "U.S. coalition aircraft launched an aggression this...

British Prime Minister Theresa May said on Sunday she will be "armed with a fresh mandate and new ideas" when she meets European Union negotiators over her Brexit deal. EU officials have insisted that the deal -- rejected by British lawmakers -- is not open for renegotiation. But May...

Congo opposition leader Martin Fayulu pronounced his first speech during a rally on Saturday since losing a disputed election, rejecting any outreach by the new president, Félix Tshisekedi, and calling for “peaceful resistance”. Fayulu told thousands of supporters who gathered in the...

President Emmanuel Macron, whose popularity plummeted to an all-time low after a proposed fuel tax rise sparked the nationwide Yellow Vest movement, is considering a strategy coup in the form of a referendum, French media reported on Sunday. According to French weekly Journal du Dimanche...

The Israeli Defense Ministry on Sunday announced it has begun building the overground part of barrier around the blockaded Gaza Strip.  The Defense Ministry, in a statement said, the construction started on Thursday.  “The barrier will be 65 kilometers long and will be...

Egypt's largest bloc in parliament, Support Egypt Coalition, on Sunday submitted a request to the assembly to amend the country's constitution, according to the official MENA news agency.  Abdelhadi al-Qasabi, head of the bloc which holds 317 seats in the 596-member assembly, lodged...

Venezuela’s envoy to the UN told Anadolu Agency that the people of his country were prepared to resist a possible U.S. military intervention. “We are totally prepared for any military aggression by a foreign country,” said Ambassador Jorge Valero, the permanent representative of Venezuela...

Police in Belgium arrested a third suspect for killing a person in a shooting in the city of Antwerp, local media said on Sunday. According to French-language daily Le Soir, one person died and two others were injured on Saturday when a gunman opened fire in front of a cafe on Brederode...

Saudi authorities will hold a trial session on Sunday for jailed cleric Sheikh Salman al-Ouda, according to his defense lawyer.  "We have no idea about the reason behind holding this [trial] session," Francois Zimeray said in a statement cited by Arab media.  He said Saudi...

Turkey will provide around $5 billion in loans for the reconstruction of Iraq, the foreign minister said on Sunday. “We made the biggest commitment to Iraq,” Mevlut Cavusoglu told a meeting organized by the Beyoglu Municipality in Istanbul. “We will provide $5 billion credit,” Cavusoglu...

Delegations from Palestinian resistance groups Hamas and Islamic Jihad left the Gaza Strip for Cairo on Sunday for talks with Egyptian officials.  Led by group leader Ismail Haniyeh, the Hamas delegation crossed the Rafah border crossing into Egyptian territory, a Palestinian security...

Nayib Bukele is favorite to win when voters head to the polls in El Salvador on Sunday to elect a new president they hope will lead them away from gang violence, widespread poverty and end three decades of the two-party rule in the country. The 37-year-old former mayor of the capital San...

  Zaman al-Wasl to stream Monday a documentary recording the torture memos of Syria’s women prisoners. ‘WHINING is a story of a nightmare has been squeezing of minds and shocking the souls of Syrian people. Gruesome atrocities in security chambers nad prisons cells have no ending...

China's human rights violations against Turkic Uyghur minority in Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region -- also referred to as East Turkestan --have been protested across the Chinese Consulates worldwide. The Islamic Community National View (IGMG), one of Germany’s largest Muslim-Turkish...

The Free Rohingya Coalition (FRC) will host an international conference at Barnard College, Columbia University in New York City on Feb. 8 and 9. The two-day conference, with the participation of world renowned scholars, UN envoys, activists and refugees, will call for accountability and...

Thousands of citizens of Serbia gathered for the ninth time in row in the capital Belgrade to protest the government. Tens of thousands of demonstrators went down the streets of the capital to express their dissatisfaction under the slogan "One in five million". The so-called “1 of 5...