An Israeli force on Monday stormed a section of the Israel-run Ofer Prison in the occupied West Bank and attacked Palestinian detainees, according to the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO)-affiliated Palestinian Prisoners Association.  Currently home to an estimated 1,200...

Palestinian resistance group Hamas on Monday warned Israel against closing schools in occupied East Jerusalem run by the UN’s cash-strapped Palestinian refugee agency (UNRWA). According to Hamas spokesman Fawzi Barhoum, the move would, if carried out, “damage the Palestinian presence [in...

Police and soldiers are being deployed in large numbers to Brazil's northeast to fight a wave of gang violence fueled by the overloaded, collapsing prison system. More than 400 elite federal troops have been sent to the city of Fortaleza and the rest of Ceara state to reinforce overwhelmed...

Asian markets on Monday built on last week's rally as investors cheered a report that China had offered to eliminate its massive trade surplus with the United States, while data showed Chinese economic growth hit forecasts in 2018. Regional equities picked up where they finished Friday...

A "blasphemous" re-telling of one of the darkest moments in Soviet history or a much-needed comment on modern Russia? A new comedy set during the Siege of Leningrad has divided the country's viewers. "Prazdnik" or "Holiday" tells of the Voskresensky family, whose Communist Party connections...

Israeli strikes that hit several targets in Syria overnight to Monday killed at least 11 pro-regime fighters including two Syrians, a war monitor said. Israel's military said it had targeted a number of Iranian installations in the country early on Monday, hours after intercepting a rocket...

A former top security aide to French President Emmanuel Macron returns Monday before a Senate committee investigating how Alexandre Benalla continued to travel on French diplomatic passports after being fired. "We will ask any question on all matters concerning the security of the...

Some 31 Rohingya refugees have been living in inhuman conditions between the Bangladesh and India border for the last three days, according to local media reports on Monday. Indian Border Security Force (BSF) tried to push them over border line while Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) foiled the...

The death toll in the Democratic Republic of Congo from Ebola has risen to 370 since the start of an outbreak in late July last year, the country’s Health Ministry said on Monday. Among 685 cases of reported hemorrhagic fever, 636 were confirmed to be Ebola cases, according to the ministry....

Turkey is ready to take over the security in Syria's Manbij without delay, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said during a phone conversation with his U.S. counterpart late Sunday. A statement from the Turkish presidency said Erdogan and U.S. President Donald Trump agreed to take joint...

A Palestinian man was injured by Israeli army gunfire on Sunday in the Israeli-occupied West Bank city of Salfit, according to the Palestinian Health Ministry. Palestinian officials said the man was shot by a real bullet and was taken to Rafidia Hospital where he is in stable condition now....

Jordan has protested the opening of a new Israeli airport near its border, according to the state-run Al-Mamlaka television.  Located 18 kilometers from the southern Israeli city of Eilat, the Ramon International Airport will be a few kilometers away from Jordanian border. ...

Israel announces air strikes on Iranian military targets in Syria Attack after missiles fired from Syria into the Golan Heights on Sunday In an unusual move by Israel, it claimed responsibility on Sunday for air strikes against Iranian military targets inside Syria, marking the third...

House Democrat on Sunday offered a path for a deal to end the almost month-long partial government shutdown, focused on a permanent solution for so-called “Dreamers” rather than the three-year reprieve offered by President Donald Trump. “Let’s go back and forth on this and see where we can...

Senator Kirsten Gillibrand said her prior hawkish immigration stances, including opposition to giving “amnesty to illegal aliens,” were lacking in empathy. The newly announced Democratic presidential hopeful from New York, who’s moved left since her time representing a more conservative...

Italian defense minister criticized the EU after up to 170 migrants are feared dead when two separate dinghies sank in the Mediterranean Sea.  "EU can no longer stand and watch," Elisabetta Trenta said in a Twitter post late Saturday.  One of the vessels capsized off Libya...

At least 71 people were killed after a pipeline ruptured by suspected fuel thieves exploded in central Mexico, authorities said on Saturday, as President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador defended the army despite its failure to clear the site before the blast. Forensic experts filled body bags...

Syrian regime military air defenses thwarted an Israeli attack on Sunday, shooting down seven missiles targeting an airport in southeastern Damascus, Russia's National Defense Control Center was cited by RIA news agency as saying. The attack, launched by four Israeli F-16 jets, did not...

Police investigating a suspected car bombing in the Northern Irish city of Londonderry said Sunday they believe dissident republican group the New IRA to be responsible. The suspected bomb exploded at 8:10 pm (2010 GMT) on Saturday, as police were evacuating the area following a warning...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Russia's warplanes carried out fresh airstrikes on northwestern Idlib province where Russia and Turkey agreed on a buffer zone in September, local reporter said Sunday. The strikes left two civilians dead and nine more wounded, mostly children, in the town of Beksariya....