Prosecutors are investigating a top city official in southern Sweden over Islamophobic remarks. Christopher Larsson, vice mayor of the southern coastal city of Karlskrona, is accused of committing a hate crime in a social media posting last year. On Facebook, arguing that...

Jewish settlers on Friday morning vandalized Palestinian buildings and vehicles in the Israeli-occupied West Bank city of Salfit, according to a Palestinian activist. Activist Wissam al-Dik told Anadolu Agency that a group of settlers had entered the city’s Kafr al-Dik district at dawn,...

On Oct. 30, U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo called for the cessation of hostilities in Yemen. He said in a statement that missile and drone strikes by Iran-allied Houthi rebels against Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates should stop and air strikes by the Saudi-led coalition must cease...

The U.S. envoy for Afghan reconciliation will visit Afghanistan, Pakistan, the United Arab Emirates and Qatar with an American delegation later this month, the State Department announced Thursday, amid looming peace talks. Amb. Zalmay Khalilzad's travel will take place from Nov. 8-20 and...

The fiancée of slain Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi expressed shock and sadness Thursday upon hearing the latest reports on his killing. "I'm unable to express my sorrow to learn about [the] dissolving [of] your body Jamal! They killed you and chopped up your body, depriving me and your...

The United States will no longer allow people who enter the country illegally to claim asylum, officials said Thursday, unveiling a controversial new crackdown on immigration. The restriction on asylum claims will seek to address what a senior administration official called the "historically...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- The Syrian regime has reopened the Murak crossing that links between regime-held areas in Hama province and rebel-held areas in northern Idlib province, such a step following the Russian-brokered buffer zone agreement, local activists said Thursday. Since Russian has...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Tens of Syrian army defectors who agreed reconciliation deals, hoping they will return to the army ranks, have been dismissed, military source told Zaman al-Wasl. The Assad regime seems not tolerant with army officers who defected at the early days of the Syrian...

Italian police discovered 270 kg of heroin hidden in a container that arrived aboard a ship from Iran, the biggest such haul for at least 20 years in Italy, police said Thursday. The freighter had set sail from the Iranian Gulf port of Bandar Abbas and stopped off in Hamburg, Germany...

President Donald Trump's strategy to contain Iranian power in the Middle East by forging Arab allies into a U.S.-backed security alliance was in trouble even before the murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi. Now, three U.S. sources said, the plan faces fresh complications....

German shipbuilder Luerssen has suspended production of coastguard vessels it was building for Saudi Arabia and placed large numbers of staff on short hours, blaming uncertainty over whether Berlin would grant future weapons export licences. After dissident journalist Jamal Khashoggi...

Syrian regime army has freed a group of 19 women and children who were abducted by Daesh during a raid on the city of Sweida and neighbouring villages in July, Syrian state television reported on Thursday. The extremist group, which lost most of its territory in Syria last year, seized...

If Syrian regime leader Bashar al-Assad heads a post-civil war Syria, Syrians who are refugees in other countries will not be able to return, according to a leading Turkish parliamentarian. "Of course, the Syrian people will make the main decision on who will replace Assad," Volkan...

Ongoing violence in Yemen’s Al-Hudaydah province between the country’s Saudi-backed government and Houthi rebels “puts tens of thousands of already vulnerable people at risk”, the World Health Organization (WHO) said Thursday. “The violence [in Al-Hudaydah] is now in close proximity to...

The Turkish Red Crescent has sent 42,000-trucks of humanitarian aid to Syria since the start of the civil war in 2011, the head of the aid group said. “The Turkish Red Crescent has sent about 42,000 trucks loaded with humanitarian aid to Syria since the beginning of the conflict by...

Archeologists discovered a series of 40,000-year-old cave paintings, oldest known figurative art, in the Indonesian island of Borneo. The paintings were found in the Lubang Jeriji Saleh cave hidden behind the cluster of secluded karst mountains located in the East Kalimantan province at...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- A car bomb attack in a town near Syria's border with Turkey has wounded six children on Thursday, local reporter said. The blast targeted Turkish-backed rebels in the town of Azaz. Another blast on Thursday has rocked a rebel bastion in Jindires town in northern...

 Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan will meet Qatari Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani on Friday, the presidential press office said Thursday. The two leaders will discuss bilateral relations and regional issues during the meeting in Turkey, according to a statement from the...

The Kremlin said Thursday that the Washington investigation into alleged interference by Moscow in the 2016 U.S. election was not Russia's problem, after President Donald Trump sacked Attorney General Jeff Sessions. "This investigation is a headache for our American colleagues, it has...

Tunisian President Beji Caid Essebsi said Thursday he was ready to swear in ten new ministers named in a reshuffle that he had originally rejected, easing a high-level political standoff that has alarmed donors. Prime Minister Youssef Chahed announced the reshuffle on Monday – but...