A UN official on Wednesday condemned Israel's expansion of settlements and deadly violation in the occupied West Bank. “The international community must take decisive action in response to Israel’s recent intensification of settlement activities in the occupied West Bank, including East...

A minister threatened to ban Amnesty International from Israel after the rights group on Wednesday accused Airbnb, Booking.com, Expedia and TripAdvisor of profiting from "war crimes" by offering accommodation in settlements. "Amnesty International, that hypocritical organisation that speaks...

A Palestinian woman tried to stab Israeli guards at a checkpoint on the outskirts of Jerusalem on Wednesday, Israeli police said, with Palestinian officials reporting she was shot dead. "At the security checkpoint at Zaim a female suspect attempted to stab security guards that were on...

Asia's football body promised a "thorough investigation" on Wednesday after the United Arab Emirates' turbulent Asian Cup semi-final loss to arch-rivals Qatar, during which fans hurled shoes and bottles. Plastic water bottles pelted the turf and several shoes were hurled, an Arab...

The crisis in Venezuela has triggered fresh tensions between Washington and Moscow, with chilly exchanges at the United Nations, but analysts warn against the temptation of seeing the return of Cold War-style divisions. Since Venezuelan parliament leader Juan Guaido declared himself...

Neymar will miss both legs of Paris Saint-Germain's upcoming Champions League last-16 tie against Manchester United after the French club confirmed on Wednesday that the world's most expensive player would be out for 10 weeks with a metatarsal injury. However, Neymar will not undergo an...

Theresa May's bid to reopen the Brexit deal could be a final throw of the dice or another delay to get MPs to back it -- but either way, she is running out of options. Analysts have warned of the growing risk of Britain leaving the European Union on March 29 with no agreement at all or even...

Sudanese security forces Wednesday detained Mariam Sadiq al-Mahdi, the daughter of a senior opposition leader who was Sudan's last democratically elected prime minister, her family said. Two security vehicles arrived at Mariam's home Wednesday morning and took her away, her sister Rabah...

A human rights group and a major trade union went to France's top administrative court on Wednesday seeking a ban on riot police use of rubber bullets, which are blamed for injuring dozens of "yellow vest" protesters. The police have drawn fire over their repeated use of rubber bullets to...

Twelve people have been killed in floods after heavy rain lashed northern parts of Saudi Arabia this week, the civil defense agency said Wednesday. Ten died in the northwestern city of Tabuk and one each in the holy city of Medina and in northern border areas, the agency said in a...

The FBI is investigating Chinese economic espionage in nearly all of its 56 field offices around the country, underscoring the depth of the threat to US business, Director Christopher Wray told Congress Tuesday. "China writ large is the most significant counterintelligence threat we face,"...

The next round of US-China trade talks will resume Wednesday and Thursday in Washington to try to find a way out of the tariff battle between the two powers. Here is a look at all the presidents' negotiators representing Xi Jinping and Donald Trump: - China's economic pilot Liu He -...

United States sanctions aimed at pressuring Nicolas Maduro to capitulate in his power struggle with self-proclaimed acting-president Juan Guaido have Venezuelans fearing they may be left facing fuel shortages. Whether they support the US sanctions or not, Venezuelans interviewed by AFP...

The pound ticked up slightly in Asia on Wednesday after suffering heavy losses on worries about a possible no-deal Brexit, while regional equities were mixed ahead of crunch trade talks between China and the United States. MPs on Tuesday returned to Westminster to vote on a series of...

Kabul has blamed Pakistan for forwarding its agenda through the Taliban in the proposed peace talks as Washington rushes to withdraw troops from Afghanistan. Details emerging from the Pakistan-sponsored round of talks in Qatar, Doha between U.S. envoy Zalmay Khalilzad and Taliban have...

Pyongyang has sought relief from UN sanctions to “boost trust” ahead of a scheduled second summit between U.S. president Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un. Trump and Kim broke the years long impasse last year after holding a historic summit in Singapore with an aim to...

Venezuela’s Supreme Court on Tuesday barred opposition leader and self-declared president Juan Guaido from leaving the country and ordered a freeze on his financial assets. Chief Justice Maikel Moreno said in a post on his Twitter account that the court was initiating a preliminary...

Turkey's Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu will pay a visit to Romania to attend an informal EU meeting on Friday and Saturday. The informal meeting of Foreign Ministers of the EU member states and candidate countries will be held in Romania’s capital Bucharest on Feb. 1-2. "The...

The UK should renegotiate the terms of its European Union membership with the bloc instead of leaving it, according to a prominent Remain campaigner. Speaking to Anadolu Agency, Gina Miller said she thinks the UK should ditch Prime Minister Theresa May’s already-defeated Brexit deal and...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- U.S.-led coalition airstrikes have killed eight civilians from the same family, 3 women and 5 children, i n the last Daesh-held pocket in Deir Ezzor province,  local activists said Tuesday.   The coalition has continued to target the Baghouz town in the...