Prominent Egyptian Jihadi cleric, Abu al-Yaqzan al-Masri, has resigned from the  former al-Qaeda branch, Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham, as a result of major differences, several Syrian opposition sources revealed on February 2. The Enab Baladi news outlet said that HTS’ leadership has tried...

Protests were held on Saturday against U.S. sanctions on Venezuela as well as Washington’s support for the country’s self-declared interim president Juan Guaido. Roughly 100 demonstrators gathered in front of the UN building in Geneva around the 39-foot “Broken Chair” monument symbolizing...

France's yellow vest protesters were back on the streets Saturday to keep pressure on French President Emmanuel Macron's government and denounce the large number of people injured in demonstrations they say is the result of police violence. Multiple protests were planned in Paris and other...

Mobile communications industry body GSMA has proposed a crisis meeting to discuss a plan to ban Huawei 5G equipment in the European Union amid mounting industry concerns that such a move could set operators back by years. The European Commission is weighing a de-facto ban on Huawei’s 5G...

 For all of President Donald Trump's talk about "America first," the next two years of his presidency could shine a sharp spotlight on America abroad. His State of the Union address next week will be dissected for clues on how he'll deal with a full plate of foreign policy challenges....

Four children were among at least 11 people killed when a war-damaged block of flats collapsed in Syria's second city Aleppo on Saturday, state media said. One child was pulled out alive from the rubble of the five-storey block after rescue teams toiled, many of them with their bare hands,...

A group of Turkish people on Saturday took to the streets in support of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro.  The demonstration was organized by Ankara Platform for the Freedom of Religion and the crowd met in front of the Venezuelan embassy in the capital. The crowd chanted...

President Vladimir Putin on Saturday announced suspension of the landmark Intermediate-range nuclear forces (INF) Treaty with the U.S. Putin told foreign and defense ministers at a meeting in Moscow not to initiate talks with Washington on this issue. "We will proceed as follows. Our...

Germany said on Saturday that it would oppose stationing new medium-range nuclear missiles in Europe after the U.S. and Russia announced that they are pulling out of a landmark arms treaty. “Stationing medium-range nuclear missiles in Europe now would be the wrong answer. We can’t fight a...

Arab League Secretary-General Ahmed Aboul Gheit on Saturday called for a comprehensive solution for the issue of armed militias in conflict-ridden Libya. In a meeting held in Cairo, Aboul Gheit discussed with UN envoy for Libya, Ghassan Salama, the current situation in the North African...

Turkey's ruling party spokesman on Saturday urged for condemnation of Israel’s decision to terminate the mandate of international monitors in the West Bank town of Hebron. In a tweet, Omer Celik of the Justice and Development (AK) Party called on the world to be “careful” about Israel after...

Your next Samsung phone could come in recycled and bio-based paper and plastic wrapping. The company's electronics division announced its new sustainability policy Sunday and it involves changing product packaging for its phones, tablets, and wearables. Now, instead of plastic,...

Iran on Saturday unveiled a new cruise missile with range up to 1,350 kilometers (around 840 miles), according to Iran's state television. The missile, named Hoveizeh, was displayed in a ceremony attended by Defense Minister Amir Hatami. According to Hatami, the missile was produced...

Tennis Australia accused firebrand Bernard Tomic on Saturday of deliberately trying to sabotage the nation's Davis Cup team in a nasty spat with captain Lleyton Hewitt and withdrew all support for him. Tomic launched an extraordinary attack on two-time Grand Slam champion Hewitt during...

 Two attackers scaled the wall of a Basij paramilitary base and opened fire, killing one member of Iran’s powerful Revolutionary Guard and wounding five others in the southeastern town of Nikshahr, Iranian media reported Saturday. Nikshahr prosecutor Mohsen Golmohammadi told the...

While it appears that overall economic activity could be slowing down, one area that continues to soar is the cloud business. Just this week, Amazon and Microsoft reported their cloud numbers as part of their overall earnings reports. While Microsoft’s  cloud growth was flat from...

Malik Beasley scored a career-high 35 points, Nikola Jokic had 31 points, 13 rebounds and nine assists, and the host Denver Nuggets nearly held James Harden below 30 points in a 136-122 win over the Houston Rockets on Friday night. Harden finished with exactly 30 points and now has scored at...

It seems Foxconn’s plans for a $10 billion Wisconsin plant are back on. After a couple of years of back and forths, the manufacturing giant says it’s recommitting to plans for a plant in the upper Midwest. A statement today cited a phone call between chairman/founder Terry Gou and Donald Trump....

The Chinese state agricultural conglomerate COFCO Group recently purchased a batch of soybeans amounting to “millions of tonnes” from the United States, it said in a notice on Saturday. The purchase was part of the company’s efforts to implement a “consensus” on trade agreed between...

Real Madrid striker Karim Benzema was tasked with arguably one of the most difficult feats in world football - living up to Cristiano Ronaldo's standards. As things stand, he is certainly living up to expectations. Ronaldo left Madrid in 2018 to sign for Juventus and without a...