Saudi Arabia must cooperate with the investigation into the disappearance of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi and allow Turkish officials to enter its Istanbul consulate, Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said Saturday. Cavusoglu spoke to reporters during a visit to London, after a...

GAZA CITY, Palestine: Thousands of Palestinians attended funerals Saturday for seven young men shot dead a day earlier by Israeli troops during fresh demonstrations along the Gaza border, an AFP correspondent said. Mourners, including leaders of the enclave's rulers Hamas, chanted slogans...

Nearly two weeks after a 7.7-magnitude earthquake struck the city of Palu and its surrounding areas in Central Sulawesi, Indonesia, the death toll has risen over 2,000. The quakes, followed by liquefaction, left Central Sulawesi in ruins, especially Palu, which was hit by tsunami waves...

The United Nations has asked Australia to urgently evacuate detainees from the Pacific islands of Nauru and Papua New Guinea, saying it bears responsibility for their deteriorating health conditions. Worsening mental health has left some of the children among the refugees in a...

Palestinians in the northern West Bank say a woman has been killed after being struck in the head by a stone thrown by Israeli settlers. A relative says Aisha Rabi, 48, was traveling with her husband and two daughters to their home in Bidya early Saturday when their vehicle was pelted...

The United Nations, Israel and Syria reached an agreement to reopen the Qunaitra crossing in the Golan Heights Monday, the United States announced Friday, urging the two Middle East countries to facilitate the work of peacekeepers in the zone. "The United States welcomes the reopening...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Turkish authorities arrested Syrian army defector in the town of Reyhanli in Hatay Province, activists said Saturday. No further details revealed of the arrest of Major Khaled al-Issa, the former military pilot in the Syrian air force.

Jamal Khashoggi, the Saudi dissident who went missing last week after entering the Saudi consulate in Istanbul, tweeted about a range of critical regional issues in the days leading up to his (as-yet-unexplained) disappearance.  Along with the Palestine-Israel issue, the crisis in...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- For the seventh consecutive Friday, thousands of Syrians came out to the streets of rebel-held areas to rally against the regime and key ally Russia. The demonstrations took place in the opposition areas in the provinces of Idlib, Latakia, provinces....

Syrian regime's army Friday warned residents of the country’s last major rebel bastion to stay away from militants, who have yet to withdraw from a buffer zone ahead of a looming deadline. Regime ally Moscow and rebel backer Ankara agreed last month to set up a demilitarized area around the...

 Israeli forces killed six Palestinians Friday during border protests along Gaza's border, a spokesman for Gaza's Health Ministry said. The spokesman added that 112 Palestinians were also wounded, including 85 by Israeli fire. Israeli military officials said they were...

The head of the U.N.'s World Food Program says the agency is preparing for a vast new wave of refugees likely to flee to Turkey if conflict breaks out in Syria's flashpoint Idlib region. WFP Executive Director David Beasley told The Associated Press Friday that the agency is...

Friends of the spokesman for Yemen's Bahai religious minority say he has been detained by Houthi militias who control the country's north. Two friends of Abdullah Yahia al-Ayolofi said Friday that unidentified men snatched al-Ayolofi from a market in a district called al-Jarraf in Sanaa...

 American pastor Andrew Brunson is on a plane home to the United States after a Turkish court ruled he should be released, according to lawyer representing his family. "We're grateful to the president, members of Congress and diplomatic leaders who continued to put pressure on...

Major U.S. defense contractors have expressed concern to the Trump administration that lawmakers angered by the disappearance of a Saudi journalist in Turkey will block further arms deals with Saudi Arabia, a senior U.S. official told Reuters Friday. Turkish reports that Saudi...

French President Emmanuel Macron said Friday that he was "extremely worried" by the disappearance of veteran Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi and would speak on the issue with Saudi and Turkish leaders in the coming days. "I am waiting for the truth and complete clarity to be...

A Turkish court ruled Friday to release U.S. pastor Andrew Brunson from house arrest, sentencing him to three years in jail but saying he will not spend any more time in custody because of time already served. The court's decision to lift judicial controls meant that evangelical pastor...

 Russia is urging Germany and France to break ranks with their American ally and help rebuild Syria so that refugees can go home, a senior adviser to the Russian government said. There’s little prospect of a deal with the U.S., which is now vowing to keep troops in Syria until Iran...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Daesh militants have renewed their attacks on the US-backed fighters in eastern Deir Ezzor province following intense battles. The U.S.-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) says the fighting Thursday is over the village of Souseh where a sandstorm has caused bad...

France’s foreign ministry said on Friday that it had asked Saudi Arabian authorities to provide transparent and detailed answers over the fate of veteran Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi after he disappeared in Turkey. The video could not be loaded, either because the server or...