Loss-making South African arms maker Denel has a problem as it fights to survive. Its potential savior is Saudi Arabia, now drawing fierce criticism following the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi. But after being mismanaged for years and tainted by a far-reaching influence-peddling...

 President Donald Trump faces increasing pressure to take tougher measures against Saudi Arabia over the killing of writer Jamal Khashoggi. Trump says that Saudi Arabia is a "spectacular ally" and that he's not convinced that Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, the kingdom's de facto...

Iraq launched air strikes on Daesh (ISIS) targets inside neighboring Syria on Tuesday, destroying two buildings housing 40 fighters and weapons, its military said. F-16 fighter jets destroyed a building where members of the ultra-hardline Sunni militant group were storing weapons,...

The World Health Organizations says laboratory tests completed after a shocking fish die-off in Iraq's Euphrates River show the water is contaminated with high levels of bacteria, heavy metals, and ammonia. Fishermen were stunned to find that hundreds of tons of carp had died suddenly...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Leishmaniasis disease has spread in the eastern town of al-Myadeen due to the piles of rubbish and lack of medical care, activists told Zaman al-Wasl, reporting more than 70 cases.  The ‘intracellular protozoan parasite’ spread in the eastern countryside of Deir...

Israeli forces have detained over 900 Palestinian children since the beginning of this year, according to a local NGO on Tuesday.   “A total of 270 children are still held in Israeli prisons,” the Palestinian Prisoners Society said in a statement, which was released on the occasion...

Hundreds of Syrians left Turkey on Tuesday for terror-free regions of Syria as part of ongoing voluntary return program. Taking refuge in Turkey due to civil war in Syria, 400 Syrians -- including women and children -- from different parts of Turkey were voluntarily repatriated from...

Three people, including a police officer, were killed Monday in a shooting at a hospital in Chicago, said police. The gunman – identified as 32-year-old Juan Lopez, the former fiancée of one of the victims -- was among the dead in the attack at Mercy Hospital. Earlier, Anthony...

Democrats in the House of Representatives are attempting to change a 181-year-old rule banning the wearing of hats in the chamber in order to accommodate one of the first Muslims elected to Congress, who wears a headscarf. The leader of the House Democrats, Nancy Pelosi, along with...

The value of Bitcoin plummeted 12 percent Monday to below $5,000 for the first time since October 2017. The world's largest cryptocurrency fell as low as $4,891, the lowest level in more than a year, according to data from CoinDesk. With losses exceeding 22 percent in the last...

The Syrian regime army said Monday Daesh (ISIS) militants had been cleared from a rugged area in southeastern Syria, where they had been holding out for months against a campaign to defeat them. In a statement, Syria's army high command said it had taken full control of the Tulul...

A trio of Democratic senators Monday sued U.S. President Donald Trump over his appointment of Acting Attorney General Matthew Whitaker. The complaint filed by Richard Blumenthal, Sheldon Whitehouse and Mazie Hirono, asks a federal judge to remove Whitaker from the post Trump appointed...

Khan al-Ahmar, an Arab village in East Jerusalem, will be demolished and its inhabitants evicted, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said, according to local media reports. Netanyahu reportedly made the assertion at a Monday meeting of his right-wing Likud party, which leads...

Israeli forces killed at least 52 Palestinian children in the West Bank and Gaza Strip since Jan. 1, Defense for Children International-Palestine (DCI-P) said Monday. In a statement released on the occasion of International Children’s Day (Nov. 20), the Geneva-based NGO’s Palestine...

Tunisian security forces have thwarted several attacks by the Daesh terrorist group, Interior Minister Hisham al-Furati said on Monday.   “Plots by Daesh-linked groups to carry out suicide attacks against security and military forces were foiled this month,” al-Furati told...

A new war of words has erupted between Washington and Islamabad after President Donald Trump's recent statement saying Pakistan has not done "a damn thing" for the U.S. In a tweet on Monday, Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan recalled the lives lost during the U.S. 'war on terror'....

The order to kill Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi was given by Saudi Crown Prince Mohamed bin Salman, Azzam al-Tamimi, director of the London-based Institute of Islamic Political Thought, has told Anadolu Agency. According to the Palestinian researcher, bin Salman issued the order...

Germany announced Monday that it halted all arms exports to Saudi Arabia in a move to increase pressure on Riyadh to conduct a full investigation into the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi. Speaking at a news conference in Berlin, Economy and Energy Ministry spokesman Philipp Jornitz...

Protesters angry over high fuel prices blocked access to fuel depots and stopped traffic on major roads on Monday after the government refused to back down on fuel taxes after a weekend of demonstrations across France. More than 400 people were injured during the "yellow vest" protests which...

Saudi Arabia's King Salman called on the international community on Monday to halt Iran's nuclear and ballistic missile program, and he also reiterated the kingdom's support for U.N. efforts to end the war in Yemen. The king's remarks to the Shura Council, a top advisory body to the...