The U.S. ambassador to Germany has told German car bosses that President Donald Trump would suspend threats to impose tariffs on cars imported from the European Union if the bloc lifted duties on U.S. cars, a German newspaper reported Wednesday. Handelsblatt said Ambassador Richard...

Iran summoned the French ambassador to protest about a meeting held in Paris by Iranians in exile who seek the overthrow of the Islamic Republic, Fars news agency reported on Wednesday. The meeting was held by the National Council of Resistance of Iran, the political wing of the...

Russian air strikes against rebels in southern Daraa province resumed Wednesday, residents and an activist group said, after a rebel said talks to restore regime rule there peacefully had failed. The air strikes targeted the towns of Tafas, northwest of the provincial capital Daraa, and...

Employees of UN refugee agency UNRWA staged a rally in the blockaded Gaza Strip on Wednesday to protest the recent termination of their permanent employment contracts. Protesters decried the agency’s decision on Monday to terminate the permanent contracts of hundreds of UNRWA employees...

The European Union on Wednesday slammed attacks by the Bashar al-Assad regime and its allies on opposition-held Daraa province in southwestern Syria. "Such attacks are clear violations of international law and international humanitarian law that also put at risk any progress in Geneva...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Daesh fighters attacked regime forces in Syrian desert late on Tuesday, taking number of troops captive, local activist told Zaman al-Wasl. Ahmed Joma'a, Dumayr-based activist, said the surprise attack by Daesh had targeted a military post neat al-Seen airport near the...

At least 181 Palestinian journalists have been injured since Mar. 30, when Gazans began staging almost-daily rallies along the Gaza-Israel security fence, the Journalists Support Committee (JSC) said Wednesday. In a Wednesday statement, the JSC -- a non-profit organization comprised of...

Syrian opposition forces on Wednesday offered a cease-fire in Syria’s southern Daraa province in return for allowing civil institutions to resume operations in areas under their control.  The offer comes as part of a raft of proposals submitted to Russian officials by armed...

A senior Iranian Revolutionary Guards commander said on Wednesday that the Guards were ready to implement a policy preventing regional oil exports if Iranian oil sales were banned by the United States. President Hassan Rouhani appeared on Tuesday to threaten to disrupt oil shipments...

German Chancellor Angela Merkel Wednesday warned U.S. President Donald Trump against unleashing an all-out trade war after he threatened to impose steep tariffs on cars from the European Union. Both sides were already locked in a "trade conflict" since Trump's decision to slap punitive...

Rescue teams in northern Thailand were giving crash courses in swimming and diving on Wednesday as part of preparations to extract a young football squad trapped in a cave and keen to end a harrowing 11-day ordeal. A team of divers, medics, counsellors and Thai navy SEALS were with the 12...

Palestinian leaders Tuesday strongly condemned a new Israeli law that will freeze money transfers to the Palestinian Authority to punish the PA’s payments to families of those jailed for attacks. The move threatens the existence of the cash-strapped PA and amounts to “theft,” said Saeb Erekat,...

Syrian rebel negotiators began a new round of talks with Russian officers Tuesday over a peace deal in southern Syria under which they would hand over weapons and allow Russian military police to enter rebel-held towns, an opposition spokesman said. Accompanied by a major Russian aerial...

A number of Yemeni detainees have been subjected to ill-treatment, torture and sexual abuse by United Arab Emirates (UAE) soldiers, the UN Human Rights Office in Geneva said on Tuesday . "We have engaged with U.A.E. government on this issue and requested access to U.A.E.-run prisons in...

The Egyptian army on Tuesday destroyed a tunnel used for smuggling goods from the Sinai Peninsula into the blockaded Gaza Strip, according to Palestinian media reports. “Huge explosions could be heard in Gaza's southern city of Rafah as the tunnel was destroyed,” the Samaa news agency...

Sweden barged their way into the World Cup quarter-finals when Emil Forsberg's heavily deflected shot gave them a 1-0 win over Switzerland in a scrappy last-16 contest on Tuesday. Forsberg was allowed time to tee up his shot on the edge of the penalty area and, although goalkeeper Yann...

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo discussed preparations on Tuesday for the summit in Helsinki between presidents Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump, the Russian Foreign Ministry said. The summit is due to take place on July 16. Speaking by...

The Egyptian army said Tuesday its forces killed three extremists in the Sinai and destroyed tunnels at Rafah on the Gaza border as part of a vast campaign against militants. More than 200 suspected extremists and at least 35 soldiers have been killed since Egypt launched operation...

Yemeni government forces backed by Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates have bombarded rebel positions outside Hodeida after pausing their push into the strategic Red Sea port city, government sources said on Tuesday. Hospital sources said 11 civilians and 43 rebel fighters had...

Islamist-backed candidate Souad Abderrahim defeated a city official who served under ousted despot Zine el Abidine Ben Ali on Tuesday to become the first woman mayor of the Tunisian capital. "I dedicate this victory to all Tunisian women," Abderrahim said. "My first task will be to...