Saudi Energy Minister Khalid al-Falih said on Tuesday he was "very optimistic" about the outlook for the oil market after producers cut output to support flagging prices. Members of the OPEC cartel and allies including Russia decided last month to reduce output by 1.2 million barrels per...

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday called for a speedy Iranian troop pullout from war-torn Syria.  "In the past four years, we have faced great challenges and changing fronts, but there has been one crucial factor against us, Iran and its terrorist branches,”...

Satellite images released Monday show the extent of the damage caused by Israel's attack near Damascus Friday, according to Israli daily Haaretz. The satellite’s manufacture, the Israeli company ImageSat International, showed a photo of a structure said to be an Iranian weapons depot...

The small town of 3,500 inhabitants is the first of many stops Macron will make across the country between now and the end of the debate on March 15. He is expected to give a speech at around 3pm local time (GMT +1), after which he will meet with 600 mayors and local officials from Normandy...

   (Zaman Al Wasl)- Syrian regime has imposed tough restrictions on thousands of Palestinian civilians living in the southern suburbs of Damascus, according to a Palestinian monitoring group. The entry and exit of Palestinians live in the towns of Yalda, Babila and Beit...

British Prime Minister Theresa May is seeking much needed approval from the House of Commons for her European Union withdrawal agreement in a historical vote to be held Tuesday evening. The deal was originally scheduled for a parliament vote in December, but due to strong opposition, May...

Turkish Coast Guard has rescued 40 irregular migrants in the Aegean Sea while recovering one body, security sources said on Tuesday.  Coast guard squads rescued the migrants off Kusadasi district of southwestern Aydin province after they were informed that an inflatable boat carrying...

Jordan on Tuesday agreed to host a second round of peace talks between the Yemeni government and Houthi rebels, according to the country’s foreign minister.  In a statement, ministry spokesman Sufyan Qudah said Amman "agreed to a request by UN envoy to Yemen Martin Griffiths to host...

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan addresses Tuesday lawmakers of his Justice and Development (AK) Party at parliament. He says Turkey has dealt a heavy blow to the terrorist YPG/PKK organization in Afrin, Syria, adding that the country will soon move to eliminate terrorist groups east...

South Korean football officials have presented the children of four dead players with gold medals in what is being seen as an attempt to lift a supposed curse on the team at the Asian Cup. The Taeguk Warriors are an Asian footballing powerhouse, making nine consecutive appearances at the...

President Donald Trump's daughter and advisor Ivanka will help the United States choose its candidate to lead the World Bank but she will not be the one, the White House said on Monday. Jim Yong Kim abruptly announced last week that he would cut short his tenure as president of the...

The head of Japan's Olympic Committee Tuesday denied involvement in a suspect payment made before Tokyo was awarded the 2020 Games, while apologising for any possible impact on the hosting of the event. French investigating magistrates have indicted Tsunekazu Takeda as they probe two...

Hundreds of flights will be cancelled at eight German airports Tuesday, including at the nation's busiest travel hub Frankfurt, as security staff walk off the job in a deepening row over pay. Germany's powerful Verdi union said the strike would last from 02:00 am until 8:00 pm (0100-1900...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- A notice hangging on a door of Jewish property in the Old City of Damascus has sparked a wave of speculation. The door was hung with a paper stating that "The (this) property has been closed for the benefit of the Higher Committee for Jewish Affairs. The image...

Iran launched a satellite criticised by the United States on Tuesday but it failed to reach orbit, state television quoted the telecommunications minister as saying. "The Payam satellite was successfully launched this morning with the Basir satellite carrier. But the satellite...

French auto giant Groupe PSA, which makes the Citroen and Peugeot brands, reported record vehicle sales Tuesday as the acquisition of General Motors' Opel unit helped offset a sharp downturn in key markets China and Iran. PSA sold 3.88 million vehicles, up 6.8 percent from 2017 when it...

(Zaman Al Wasl TV)- The young mother Safa' al-Asaad hopes she can get treat her right leg as well to get a prosthetic limb to the other in order to stand for her two kids and to play with them. When she fled the regime bombardment in Hama province to a refugee camp...

US President Donald Trump likes Brazil's controversial new leader Jair Bolsonaro -- especially his nickname. "They say he's the Donald Trump of South America, do you believe that?" Trump told a crowd at the American Farm Bureau Federation convention in New Orleans. Bolsonaro is...

Omani Sultan Qaboos bin Said on Monday met with U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo in Muscat, where the two men discussed “regional and international developments”, according to Oman’s official news agency. Muscat is the eighth and final leg of a Middle East tour that also brought Pompeo...

In a world where climate change, air and water pollution, biodiversity loss, water scarcity, ozone depletion, and other environmental problems overlap, a fix in one arena can cause trouble in another. Here are a few examples of what might be called Earth's "zero-sum" dilemma in the 21st...