Sudanese journalists on Thursday began a three-day strike to protest alleged government efforts to censor coverage of popular demonstrations that have rocked the country in recent days. In a statement, the Sudanese Journalists’ Network (SJN), an NGO, said the Sudanese security apparatus...

Israeli forces arrested five Palestinians in overnight raids carried out across the occupied West Bank, according to the Israeli military on Thursday. The individuals were arrested for “suspected involvement in popular terrorist activities”, the army said in a statement, without...

A Belgian judge has ordered the government to repatriate six children of Daesh (ISIS) militants and their mothers who have been detained in a camp in Kurdish-controlled Syria, the national news agency Belga said Wednesday. Tatiana Wielandt, 26, and Bouchra Abouallal, 25, both Belgian citizens,...

From dusk till dawn, the Afghan capital of Kabul resembles an abandoned city these days, shrouded in the thick black smoke of mostly coal-fired heaters amid the harsh winter. Air pollution during the winter in this fast-developing metropolis has made breathing difficult for locals,...

India on Wednesday arrested 10 suspected members of a terrorist group inspired by Daesh.  The National Investigative Agency (NIA) said they carried out searches at 17 locations in the capital New Delhi and neighboring Uttar Pradesh in a “major crackdown” on an Daesh-inspired group...

U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) began conducting secondary medical checks on migrant children after two children died in their custody. The CBP said in a statement Tuesday it would conduct checks on all children in their custody, with a focus on those less than 10 years old....

President Donald Trump on Wednesday defended his decision to withdraw U.S. troops from Syria during an unannounced visit to Iraq, saying that many people are going to start seeing things the same way he does. Trump abruptly made the decision on Syria last week, against the advice of top...

  (Zaman Al Wasl)- Ward, a 22-year-old Syrian girl lives with a host family in the Egyptian city of Al-Mansurah, has lost her memory since childhood, but later on she recovered part of it, without being able to remember who she is, or where her family is.  Ward, pseudonym,...

Sudan's top Islamist party, a member of President Omar al-Bashir's government, called Wednesday for a probe into the killings of protesters in demonstrations that have rocked the economically troubled country. Angry crowds have taken to the streets in Khartoum and several other cities since...

Clashes between protesters and security forces in an impoverished Tunisian city where a journalist burned himself to death over economic conditions spread to two other towns overnight, authorities said Wednesday. In the western city of Kasserine, police fired tear gas at stone-throwing...

 Two civilian planes in Lebanese airspace “narrowly avoide catastrophe” from Israeli warplanes, caretaker Transport Minister Youssef Fenianos said Wednesday. Fenianos said the warplanes were flying in Lebanese airspace “during [Israel’s] assault on southern Damascus” Tuesday evening,...

   (Zaman Al Wasl TV)- A voluntary project in northern Azaz town seeks to teach children the recycling of waste and manufacturing it in useful shape, including remnants of war, plastic, cardboard, magnetic disks and expired objects. The civil initiative aims to...

The two Koreas on Wednesday held a symbolic groundbreaking ceremony for an inter-Korean railway and highway project. “The ceremony started at Panmun Station in the North's border town of Kaesong at around 10 a.m. [0100GMT] with high-ranking officials from the two Koreas on hand,” the...

Half of Israelis don’t want Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to be the next premier, according to a new survey. The poll by the Israeli Broadcast Authority showed that 37 percent of Israelis see Netanyahu as the strong favorite to win the early election on April 9. Fifty-two...

Nigerian army has said at least 13 security operatives -- including soldiers and policemen -- were killed in an ambush by Boko Haram fighters in the restive northeast region. Army spokesman Onyema Nwachukwu said in a statement late Tuesday that the troops ran into the ambush along the...

Israeli forces rounded up eight Palestinians in overnight raids carried out across the occupied West Bank, according to the Israeli military on Wednesday. The individuals were arrested for “suspected involvement in popular terrorist activities”, the army said in a statement, without...

A U.N.-led team tasked with monitoring a ceasefire in Yemen's flashpoint city of Hodeida was set to meet Wednesday, as sporadic clashes underscored the fragility of the truce which began last week. The ceasefire in the rebel-held city, whose Red Sea port is vital for millions at risk of...

Private buyers of Iranian crude have had "no problems" exporting it, Iran's oil minister was quoted as saying Wednesday by state news agency IRNA, despite U.S. sanctions targeting Iran's oil exports. Iran began selling crude oil to private companies for export in late October, just...

Iran has held talks with the Afghan Taliban, one of the country's top security officials said, the Tasnim news agency reported Wednesday. "The Afghan government has been informed of the communications and talks carried out with the Taliban, and this process will continue," said Ali...

U.S. Customs and Border Protection ordered medical checks on every child in its custody Tuesday after an 8-year-old boy from Guatemala died, marking the second death of an immigrant child in the agency’s care this month. The death came during an ongoing dispute over border security and...