U.S. President Donald Trump's former attorney should receive a substantial prison term for paying hush money to women on his behalf and numerous finance-related crimes, federal prosecutors said Friday. Prosecutors from the Southern District of New York filed a sentencing memo for...

U.S. President Donald Trump took to Twitter on Friday to attack former Secretary of State Rex Tillerson after he said Trump asked him to do things that were against the law. Trump praised the man now in the post, Mike Pompeo, and went on to say Tillerson lacked the capabilities to be...

OPEC and it allies announced Friday crude output cuts of 1.2 million barrels per day (mbpd) to balance the global oil market. Members agreed the cartel will curb production by 800,000 mbpd, while non-OPEC oil producers, including Russia, will cut by 400,000 bpd. The supply cuts...

Russia is ready to extend the TurkStream natural gas pipeline to Greece, Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Friday. Speaking at a joint news conference with Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras, Putin reminded that a pipeline from Greece to Italy has yet to be filled with gas and...

The contest, which required a runoff vote to secure a 52-percent majority for AKK as she is known, is expected to increase the likelihood that Merkel will be able to see out her fourth term until 2021. AKK, 56, pledged to maintain continuity after 18 years of Merkel at the helm while...

The United States on Friday took a fresh swipe at a UN migration pact that it shunned a year ago, just days before an international conference in Morocco to endorse the accord. In a lengthy national statement, the United States said the Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular...

The global #MeToo campaign has taken the battle for women's rights to "where we have never been before", the head of the UN's agency for gender equality told AFP during her first official visit to Pakistan Friday. "The challenge for you and me now is to keep it going," Dr Phumzile...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Six regime army officers were killed Friday when a landmine exploded inside their base in southern Daraa province, pro-regime news feeds said. The explosion took place in Battalion 210 near the town Al-Sanamayn. More than 125,000 pro-regime forces have been...

German Chancellor Angela Merkel will be the commencement speaker at graduation ceremonies for Harvard University in May of next year, the university announced on Friday. "Angela Merkel is one of the most widely admired and broadly influential statespeople of our time," Harvard president...

British Golden Globe Race sailor Susie Goodall was plucked from a stormy Southern Ocean by a Chinese ship on Friday, a day after her yacht was dismasted, Chile's Maritime Rescue Services told AFP. Goodall "was rescued at 1500 GMT and is already on the ship heading to Punta Arenas," in...

German Chancellor Angela Merkel will hand off leadership of her party Friday after nearly two decades at the helm, with the race wide open between a loyal deputy and a longtime rival. The contest’s outcome is expected to be crucial in deciding whether Merkel, Europe’s most influential...

Missing pieces of the famed “Gypsy girl mosaic” are to be displayed in a temporary public exhibit in its original home in Turkey’s southeast, officials said on Friday. Arriving in their native Zeugma, Gaziantep last month, the pieces will be opened to temporary public viewing following...

  (Zaman Al Wasl TV)- The Humanitarian Relief Agency (IYD), local NGO operating in northern Aleppo province, has launched projects for barley cultivation. The in-door project consists of five cultivation rooms, two in Jarablus town and three rooms in Kibasin town. ...

Lebanese businessman Kassim Tajideen, designated by U.S. authorities as an important financial supporter of Hezbollah, pleaded guilty Thursday to charges related to evading sanctions against him, a Justice Department statement said. Tajideen, 63, pleaded guilty before a Washington court...

 (Zaman Al Wasl)- Bulldozers of the US Army in northern city of Manbij have been digging day and night looking for archaeological treasures buried in the Kurdish-held town, local sources told Zaman al-Wasl. Manbej, 80 km north-east of Aleppo, is one of the oldest cities in Syria,...

The Sudanese government and two Darfur-based rebel movements signed an agreement Thursday in Berlin to resume peace talks. The parties agreed to resume negotiations in Qatar in January, the German Foreign Ministry said in a statement. German Foreign Minister Heiko Mass welcomed...

A top aide to Saudi Arabia’s crown prince, fired for his role in the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi, personally oversaw the torture of at least one detained female activist earlier this year, two sources with knowledge of the matter said. Saud al-Qahtani was a royal adviser to...

The Palestinian Authority on Friday welcomed the rejection of UN General Assembly of a U.S. draft resolution condemning Palestinian resistance group Hamas.  In a statement, the Ramallah-based authority thanked member states that voted against the U.S. draft.  "We will...

MSF and SOS Méditerranée announced Thursday they will be ending the operations of the Aquarius migrant rescue ship, which has become a lightning rod for the controversy surrounding Europe's policies on accepting migrants. MSF (Médecins sans frontières or Doctors Without Borders) and SOS...

Algerian military discovered a hideout containing 11 missiles near the border with Mali, the Defense Ministry announced Thursday. "After a search operation in Bordj Badji Mokhtar town, an ammunition cache was found containing 11 anti-tank missiles," said the ministry without disclosing...