Germany is still waiting for a transparent and credible investigation from Saudi Arabia into the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi and is ready to take action in light of new findings, a government spokesman has said. The spokesman, who asked not to be named, told Anadolu Agency that Germany...

Killings of journalists outside of armed conflict zones are on the rise, according to reports. The recent killing of Jamal Khashoggi has put the issue squarely back into the global spotlight as the world marks Nov. 2 as the International Day to End Impunity for Crimes Against Journalists....

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has said it may take "a handful more weeks" before Washington has enough evidence to impose sanctions on individuals responsible for the killing of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi. The murder has placed strain on the decades-old alliance between the United...

European ambassadors and foreign business lobbies are calling on China to introduce "bold" and concrete market reforms at a Shanghai trade fair next week that the government touts as proof of its commitment to opening up. President Xi Jinping on Monday formally kicks off the week-long China...

Jordan's education and tourism ministers resigned Thursday after an investigation into the deaths of 21 people, mainly school children who were swept away in flash floods on a school outing in the Dead Sea region, state media said. A parliamentary committee formed to investigate the...

Thousands of Google employees and contractors staged brief midday walk-outs Thursday at offices across Asia, Europe and North America to protest sexism, racism and unchecked executive power in their workplace. At Google's global headquarters in Mountain View, California, hundreds of...

 Dozens of Syrian refugees Thursday began to return to Syria after gathering in different areas, in the latest return process organized by General Security, the Lebanese Daily Star media reported.  About 87,670 Syrian refugees, who registered with Lebanese General Security, have...

Egyptian security forces have detained the daughter of former presidential candidate and senior Muslim Brotherhood leader Khairat al-Shater, family members and two security sources said Thursday. Aisha al-Shater was one of six women arrested overnight. They also included Huda Abd...

Yemen's coalition-backed government said it would work on resuming oil production and exports from new fields "in the coming days", without specifying the quantity expected, SABA state news agency reported Thursday. The announcement came after the first cabinet meeting held by the newly...

Germany and the Netherlands have pledged to fund special forces in Niger to control its border and prevent illegal migration, the EU's security mission in the country said Thursday. Niger is a transit country for thousands of migrants heading to Libya and Algeria, key hubs for migrants...

For dozens of French women detained in Syria, an impossible choice looms: keeping their children in a war zone, or sending them home knowing they might never see each other again. Like other Western nations which experienced a jihadist exodus to Iraq or Syria, France is grappling with...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Skirmishes erupted Thursday between the US-led Syrian Democratic forces and Tribesmen in eastern Deir Ezzor province, local activists reported. The Kurdish-led forces clashed with the Elite Forces, mostly tribesmen backed by former opposition leader Ahmed...

Russia accused rebels in Syria's Idlib Province Thursday of trying to wreck a Russian-Turkish initiative to create a demilitarized zone in the insurgent-held region, the Interfax news agency reported. Idlib is held by an array of rebel groups, the most powerful of which is Tahrir...

Over seven million children face a serious threat of famine in Yemen and ending the country's war will not save all of them, the U.N. children's agency said. "Today, 1.8 million children under the age of five are facing acute malnutrition, and 400,000 are affected by severe acute...

An official with a U.S.-backed militia says joint U.S.-Turkish patrols will begin within hours around the northern Syrian town of Manbij, part of a roadmap for easing tensions between the two NATO allies. Sharfan Darwish, spokesman of the Manbij Military Council, told The Associated...

Hayat Tahrir al-Sham  on Thursday has killed four pro-regime fighters in northern Idlib province, the rebel stronghold where Russia and Turkey have agreed to set up a buffer zone, an activist group said. The northwestern province is the last major area still outside...

Russia imposed sweeping financial sanctions on Ukraine's political elite Thursday, freezing the Russian assets of hundreds of politicians and dozens of businesses owned by major Ukrainian businessmen. The sanctions were set out in a decree signed by Russian Prime Minister Dmitry...

A total of 260,000 Syrian nationals have returned to a swathe of land in northern Syria where Turkey carried out a cross-border operation dubbed "Euphrates Shield," Defense Minister Hulusi Akar said Thursday. Akar also said Turkey's operations in northern Iraq would continue until what...

On Oct. 20, Arabic-language website alawatanews.com published a report that Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman had been forced out of power. Citing the official Saudi Press Agency (SPA), it said King Salman had signed a decree removing the prince “against the backdrop of growing...

Qatar said it welcomed a renewed push by the United States for a ceasefire in Yemen and a return to U.N.-backed peace talks aimed at ending the three-and-half-year war. The administration of Donald Trump said Wednesday the climate was right to resume peace talks, following similar...