Taxi drivers from all corners of Spain drove to Barcelona to join a 2-day strike that started Wednesday in protest of the growing number of cars operating under ride-hailing apps. Uber and Cabify briefly halted service, saying some of their drivers were attacked. The taxi...
(Zaman Al Wasl)- As death toll of Sweida's deadly attacks reached 216, local news site assured that the Daesh sucide bombers have come from southern Damascus, in a blow to the Syrian regime who evacuated tens of Daesh fighters to Sweida desert near the Jordanian border. Sweida 24 said...
Daesh (ISIS) published photos Wednesday of what it said was the body of the pilot of a Syrian aircraft that Israel says it shot down after crossing into the occupied Golan Heights. The militant group posted four photos, one of which showed a mutilated body and three of pieces of metal,...
A giant mural of a teenager who Palestinians see as a symbol of resistance has been painted on the Israeli separation wall in the occupied West Bank ahead of her expected release from prison. The roughly four-meter image near Bethlehem in the West Bank depicts Ahed Tamimi....
Turkey's President Tayyip Erdogan said Wednesday he will discuss with Russian President Vladimir Putin ways to protect Syrians from potential attack in the northern province of Idlib, the largest remaining Syrian rebel-held enclave. Syrian's government and allied forces backed by Russia and...
Turkey's president has argued against severing economic ties with Iran as the United States readies for sanctions. Speaking in Ankara, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said it goes against the independence of states to cut ties with its "neighbor and strategic partner" because the U.S....
Daesh (ISIS) has claimed responsibility for a shooting in Toronto Sunday that killed two people and wounded 13, the group's AMAQ news agency said Wednesday. The attacker "was a soldier of the Islamic State and carried out the attack in response to calls to target the citizens of the...
The Iran-aligned armed Houthi movement targeted a Saudi Arabian warship off the western coast of Yemen, the group's Al Masirah TV said Wednesday. "The naval force targets the Saudi Dammam ship," the broadcaster wrote on its Twitter feed. There were no immediate reports of damage...
A series of suicide bombings and attacks in southern Syria, including a suicide bomber who struck at a busy vegetable market, killed 70 people on Wednesday, state media and local activists reported, blaming Islamic State militants for the carnage. The attacks, the worst in recent...
President Donald Trump claimed Tuesday that he did not pick up the phone when he was called by world leaders seeking to sway him against unilaterally declaring Jerusalem to be Israel's capital. Trump said he was "inundated" by calls from foreign leaders "imploring me, even demanding"...
South and North Korea appear to remain set for family reunions next month, despite Pyongyang's state media threatening to cancel the event. According to Seoul's Unification Ministry, the neighbors on Wednesday shared the results of their attempts to verify the availability of hundreds...
Poland's Senate approved early Wednesday a controversial bill to reform the Supreme Court in a move that critics say puts the judicial system under government control and is a threat to the country's democracy. The changes, backed by 60 senators with 30 against and one abstention, will...
Pakistanis headed to the polls early Wednesday to elect a new government for the next five years, officials and local media reported. Footage aired on local station Geo TV showed voters queuing outside polling stations in the capital Islamabad as well as in Lahore, Karachi, Peshawar,...
A blast killed at least 18 people in Pakistan's western city of Quetta Wednesday in an attack targeting a police van, media said, as the South Asian nation holds general elections. Geo TV put the death toll at 18, while rival Samaa TV put it at 20, adding a "suicide attacker" was...
Qatar has launched a major project aimed at expanding its Al-Udeid Airbase, according to the Qatar News Agency (QNA). On Tuesday, Prime Minister (and Defense Minister) Khalid bin Mohammad Al Attiyah presided over a ceremony marking the launch of the expansion project, QNA reported....
Israel partially reopened its only goods crossing with the Gaza Strip Tuesday after a two-week closure prompted by border tensions and incendiary kites sparked fears of a severe fuel shortage in the blockaded Palestinian enclave. Fuel trucks began entering through the Kerem Shalom...
British Prime Minister Theresa May said Tuesday she would now lead negotiations with the European Union, shifting the focus of the Brexit department toward preparing for Britain’s departure from the bloc. A special unit within May’s office has played an increasing role in Brexit talks during...
An official based in Syria and allied with government forces says Daesh (ISIS) militants have seized the body of a Syrian pilot whose fighter jet was shot down by Israel Tuesday. The official told The Associated Press on Tuesday that the fate of the second Syrian pilot remains...
The U.S.-led coalition fighting Daesh (ISIS) said on Tuesday it has killed high-value leaders from the group who were planning attacks targeting Saudi Arabia, the United States and Sweden. On April 24, a coalition air strike killed Syrian-based Daesh member Munawwar al-Mutayari in...
President Donald Trump said on Tuesday he believed Moscow will work hard to sway November congressional elections toward Democrats and not his fellow Republicans, despite U.S. intelligence agencies' conclusion that Russia tried to put Trump in the White House in 2016. "I'm very...
