German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Emmanuel Macron demanded Friday that Russia release Ukrainian sailors it captured along with their ships last month in the Kerch Strait, which links the Black Sea with the Azov Sea. Moscow accused the 24 sailors of illegally crossing...

(Israeli Reports)-  Satellite images show the extent of damage from an alleged Israeli strike in Syria this week, with one photo indicating that a large storage facility was completely destroyed, an Israeli satellite imaging company said Thursday. The photos, taken December...

Bahrain on Friday announced that “work is continuing at its embassy” in Syria, reflecting a new push by Gulf Arab states to improve relations with President Bashar Assad as the war winds down. A day earlier, the United Arab Emirates reopened its embassy in Damascus with a flag-raising...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- As analysts see the reopening of the UAE’s embassy in Damascus as a diplomatic boost for Bashar al-Assad from a regional adversary, the leaked Intelligence archive, obtained by Zaman al-Wasl, shows deep coordination at high levels where relations have never been...

Despite the unwanted publicity of a criminal trial for one of their main suppliers, business is booming at Pyongyang’s ‘Singapore shops,’ which sell everything from Ukrainian vodka to brand-name knock-offs from China. The stores stock many of the very things United Nations’ sanctions banning...

  (Zaman Al Wasl)- Clashes intensify Thursday between Kurdish-led forces and Daesh (ISIS) near Hajin town east of Deir Ezzor province, activists said. The US-backed group made fresh gains over the week against jihadists defending their eastern Syria stronghold, according to...

U.S. stocks are staging a furious late-afternoon rally Thursday, closing with gains after erasing a 600-point drop in the Dow Jones Industrial Average. The Dow rose 258 points, or 1.1 percent, adding to Wednesday’s record gain of 1,086 points. The S&P 500 added 21 points to 2,488....

Security forces saved 13 irregular migrants, including six children, who were about to freeze to death in southern Turkey, health officials said Thursday. Migrants who illegally crossed into Turkey via the Syrian border were dispatched to nearby hospitals in Hatay province, said the...

By the end of 2018, eight Arab countries were witnessing protests to condemn deteriorating economic conditions and demand higher standards of living. In a few cases, demonstrators have also articulated political demands. The protests -- seen in Sudan, Morocco, Libya, Tunisia, Lebanon,...

The Sudanese and Egyptian foreign ministers met in Khartoum on Thursday, where they reiterated calls for a peaceful solution to the ongoing conflict in Syria. At a joint press conference, Sudanese FM Al-Dirdiri Mohamed Ahmed also said that Khartoum and Cairo planned to push peace...

Indonesians who survived last Saturday’s deadly tsunami which hit the Sunda Strait continue to await relief from the government. Roughly 110 kilometers (68 miles) west of Jakarta, Indonesia’s capital, Labuan resident Neng Sumiati, 42, spoke to Anadolu Agency about the moments leading up...

Iraqi lawmakers Thursday demanded U.S. forces leave the country in the wake of a surprise visit by President Donald Trump that politicians denounced as arrogant and a violation of Iraqi sovereignty. Politicians from both blocs of Iraq's divided Parliament called for a vote to expel U.S....

Saudi King Salman has appointed former finance minister Ibrahim al-Assaf as foreign minister in a major cabinet reshuffle that included changes to key national security posts, state media reported Thursday. The reshuffle came with the Saudi government trying to deal with intense...

A princess who tried to flee the United Arab Emirates months ago is "a troubled young woman," a former U.N. human rights chief said Thursday after meeting her this month. Mary Robinson told BBC radio 4's Today program that she had been invited by Princess Haya, the wife of Dubai ruler...

 (Zaman Al Wasl) - Quatorze corps ont été exhumés des fosses communes de Panorama situées près de la ville de Raqqa, dans le nord-est du pays, avait annoncé jeudi le soi-disant califat de la capitale Daech (ISIS), a annoncé un site kurde de nouvelles. Raqqa a été libéré lors d’une...

The Syrian Information Ministry gave no further details other than inviting journalists to cover the event at the embassy in central Damascus later Thursday. The UAE recalled its ambassador from Syria in 2011 after the start of the popular uprising against President Bashar Assad. The...

 (Zaman Al Wasl)- 14 bodies have been exhumed from Panorama mass graves near the northeastern city of Raqqa, once the capital Daesh’s (ISIS) self-styled caliphate, Kurdish-run news site reported Thursday. Raqqa was liberated in a U.S.-backed campaign that ended more than a year...

Turkey is threatening to invade Syria to eradicate Kurdish fighters. Syrian forces are rolling toward territory the Americans will soon abandon. Israel is bombing Iran-backed militias deep inside Syria. And Russia could soon move to crush the last vestige of the Syrian anti-government...

An Egyptian court has slapped a Muslim Brotherhood leader with two years behind bars for “insulting the judiciary”, according to Egypt’s official MENA news agency. Mohamed al-Beltagy, a leading member of Egypt’s banned Muslim Brotherhood group, was convicted Wednesday on charges of...

Heavy rainfall on Thursday caused severe flooding in rural areas of northern Syria, destroying tents at 11 refugee camps and leaving tens of thousands of people to face the winter without shelter. According to Anadolu Agency , the flood has left an estimated 25,000 refugees searching...