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S. Korea team to fly North to discuss summit details

A high-level South Korean delegation will fly to North Korea this week to discuss arrangements for an inter-Korean summit there this month, as relations grow cooler between Washington and Pyongyang. The South's President Moon Jae-in Sunday named his top security adviser as a special...

Cilic converts 8th match point at US Open

Marin Cilic, the 2014 U.S. Open champion, needed eight match points to recover from a two-set deficit and eventually edge 19-year-old Alex de Minaur 4-6, 3-6, 6-3, 6-4, 7-5 at 2:22 a.m. on Sunday, four minutes shy of the latest finish in the tournament's history. "This is a moment to...

Boats collide on Colorado River; 13 injured and 2 missing

At least 13 people have been injured and two others are missing after two recreational boats collided on the Colorado River near the California border with Arizona. Eric Sherwin, spokesman for the San Bernardino County Fire District, says the vessels collided head-on Saturday evening. The...

Apps to promote products of Syrian women in Jordan

(Zaman Al Wasl)- The young Syrian Mohammed al-Rawashdeh moved from Daraa to Jordan, aiming to pursue his studies. He, then, graduated the first on his class, majoring in the field of software engineering. In cooperation with his colleagues, Ahmed Mahmoud Barkisia, and Abdul Rahman...

Blasts from area of military airport shake Syrian capital

A string of powerful blasts from the direction of a military airport in Damascus lit up the skies and shook the capital city in the early morning hours on Suay, residents and state TV reported. The explosions were seen and heard coming from the direction of the Mezzeh airport, southwest...

Russian director pleads for hunger striker Sentsov's life

A top Russian film-maker made an emotional plea to Moscow Saturday to save the life of jailed Ukrainian director Oleg Sentsov who has been on hunger strike for 111 days. His voice cracking, Victor Kossakovsky begged the Russian authorities to free Sentsov, 42, who was arrested in Crimea...

391 Civilians Killed in Syria in August: SNHR

(Zaman Al Wasl)- At least 391 people were killed in August by the warring parties in Syria, including 275 civilians lost their lives by the Syrian regime and and key ally Russia, the Syrian Network for Human Rights said. . Syrian regime forces killed 239 civilians, including 13...

Brazilian Ronaldo close to buying Spanish club: newspaper

World Cup winner Ronaldo has reached a deal to buy 51 per cent of La Liga club Valladolid a regional daily reported on Saturday, citing "sources close to the operation." El Norte de Castilla, which is based in Valladolid said Ronaldo was paying 30 million euros ($34.8 million) and would...

Thunderstorm halts Lady's Gaga's movie debut

Lady Gaga has been called a force of nature but a spectacular thunderstorm pulled the plug on the gala premiere of her big acting debut at the Venice film festival. An hour into the screening of "A Star Is Born" late Friday a violent electrical storm rolling across the Venetian lagoon...

Deadly car bomb attack hits rebel-held Azaz

At least one person killed and several wounded in car bomb attack in the town of Azaz, opposition-linked media report. A car bomb attack in a rebel-held town near Syria's border with Turkey has killed at least one person and wounded several others, according to an opposition-affiliated...

At Gaza protests, medical workers face great danger

Each Friday, volunteer medic Asmaa Qudih goes through a tense ritual: She prays, kisses her mother's hand and packs a bag with medical supplies as she heads off to work at the weekly mass protests along Gaza's border fence with Israel. Treating the wounded has become dangerous for...

One dead, 18 injured as plane catches fire in Russia

One person died -- apparently of a heart attack -- and 18 people sought medical help when a plane skidded off a runway in Russia's Olympic city of Sochi, slid into a river and caught fire during landing early Saturday, officials said. The Boeing 737 flying from Moscow with 166...

Iran moves missiles to Iraq in warning to enemies

Iran has given ballistic missiles to Shiite proxies in Iraq and is developing the capacity to build more there to deter attacks on its interests in the Middle East and to give it the means to hit regional foes, Iranian, Iraqi and Western sources said. Any sign that Iran is preparing a more...