The parents of an Egyptian photojournalist, whose case has been highlighted by UNESCO, hope their son will be cleared when his trial ends Saturday, but fear he could be convicted on terrorism charges. Mahmoud Abu Zeid, also known as Shawkan, was detained in 2013 while taking pictures of...

Britain has suspended cooperation with the United States over two Deash (ISIS) terror suspects, the government announced Friday, following concerns that they could face the death penalty. Britain said Monday it was sharing intelligence to help the United States bring to trial two...

The Israeli army has imposed a tight siege on the Palestinian village of Kubar near the West Bank city of Ramallah, eyewitnesses told Anadolu Agency on Friday. According to witnesses, Israeli forces stormed the village and raided the home of Mohamed Yousef, a local resident who was shot...

An American military plane was able to enter North Korea Friday to pick up the remains of U.S. soldiers who fought during the Korean War. Marking the 65th anniversary of the 1950-53 conflict's armistice, the Air Force transport aircraft flew from South Korea early in the morning before...

A Palestinian teenage girl, who was shot by Israeli soldiers during anti-occupation rallies on Gaza Strip, will be able to walk again, her doctor said. Meryem Abu-Matar, 16, who lives in Gaza’s Rafah city, was brought to Istanbul for medical treatment. Since March, Abu-Matar has been...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Syrian regime is issuing death certificates for detainees tortured to death in the security chambers, an opposition advocate group told Zaman al-Wasl. Zaman al-Wasl and The Gathering of Free Syrian Advocates have obtained names of  145 detainees were tortured to...

Pakistan’s cricket legend Imran Khan declared victory Thursday in a divisive general election and said he was ready to lead the nuclear-armed country after a long delay in ballot counting and allegations of vote rigging by opponents. “God has given me a chance to come to power to implement that...

For more than three years after graduation, Karar Alaa Abdel-Wahid tried to get a stable job in the Iraqi government and in the private sector - to no avail. He once was offered a job with the Oil Ministry in his energy-rich hometown of Basra, but it came with a hefty price: he would...

An Israeli news publisher said Thursday it had fired a cartoonist who depicted Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as one of the pigs in George Orwell's political satire "Animal Farm." Following passage last week of a controversial law which critics say discriminates against non-Jewish...

Iraqi Airways has suspended two of its pilots for getting into a fight -- over a food tray -- during an international flight with more than 150 passengers on board. The row erupted on a flight to the capital Baghdad from the Iranian city of Mashhad, with 157 travellers on board plus...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- A senior commander in Hayat Tahrir al-Sham was killed Thursday when unknown assailants opened fire on him in northern Idlib province, local activists said.  Abu Aisha al-Tunisi, Tunisian jihadist, was killed in the town of Has, the stronghold of the former a-Qaeda...

The United Arab Emirates (UAE) denied reports on Thursday that Yemen's Iranian-aligned Houthi movement had attacked Abu Dhabi airport with a drone, and said operations were unaffected. Houthi-run media said earlier that a Sammad-3 drone had launched three strikes on the facility,...

The death toll from coordinated attacks by Islamic State fighters on a usually peaceful southern city and surrounding countryside has climbed to 216, a local health official said Thursday, in the worst violence to hit the area since the country's conflict began. Mass funerals were held...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Displacement is still a tough, unchecked mesery, whether it is against the people of Daraa and Eastern Ghouta suburbs, one of Syria’s main Sunni strongholds, or against the only two Shiite villages of al-Foua and Kefraya in Idlib province. Being bussed out of their...

A trio of U.K-based Jewish newspapers on Thursday claimed a Labour government led by Jeremy Corbyn would pose an "existential threat" to Jews in the country. A joint editorial published by The Jewish Chronicle, Jewish News, and Jewish Telegraph, appearing on the front pages of all three...

The Israeli military says it bombarded a rocket launcher in Syria in response to two missiles that fell into the Sea of Galilee. The army said in a statement late on Wednesday that the area surrounding the rocket launcher was targeted by Israeli artillery. The rockets appeared...

The UN Security Council on Wednesday called on Damascus to work with UN Special Envoy for Syria Staffan de Mistura on the creation of a constitutional committee. “Members of the council have reiterated their full support for his leadership to facilitate a viable enduring political...

Extreme weather continued to hit the U.S. East and West coasts Wednesday with flooding ravaging much of the eastern seaboard and fires tearing through the West. On the East Coast, roughly 37 million people have been under a flood watch for the past week, according to the National Weather...

 The State Department says the United States has decided to release $195 million in military aid to Egypt after withholding the assistance last year over human rights concerns. The department says Egypt has taken steps in response to specific U.S. concerns, although there are still...

Israeli police searched the Sea of Galilee for a rocket launched from Syria that may have landed in the lake on Wednesday, a spokesman said. After air raid sirens sounded in the south of the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights, the army said a rocket had been spotted launching from Syria...