European planemaker Airbus has warned Friday that it could leave the U.K should the latter exit the European Union single market and customs union without a transition deal. "U.K. exiting the EU next year without a deal -- therefore leaving both the single market and customs union...

Turkish Armed Forces on Friday completed their third round of patrolling in the northern Syrian city of Manbij as part of a deal with the U.S. to rid the area of the YPG/PKK terror group. According to an Anadolu Agency correspondent on the ground, armored vehicles belonging to the...

Ahmed Musa returned to the line-up with devastating effect as he scored both goals for Nigeria to help them resuscitate their World Cup hopes in a 2-0 win over Iceland at the Volgograd Arena Friday. Left out of his country's opening Group D game at the tournament in Russia, Musa showed...

At least six Palestinian protesters were injured on Friday by Israeli troops near the Gaza-Israel security fence, according to the Palestinian Health Ministry. “Six demonstrators were injured to varying degrees in the eastern the Gaza Strip, with many suffering temporary asphyxia from...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Syrian regime forces stepped up its aerial and ground offensive on eastern side of Daraa province, leaving dozens killed and wounded, activists said Friday. Most of the towns in the eastern countryside came under heavy artillery fire as well as the barrel bombs hit...

 (Zaman Al Wasl)- At least 21 regime forces killed on Friday when Daesh militants launched surprise attack on their bastion in the southern desert, pro-ISIS news feeds said. The attack took place in al-Safa area near the southern province of Suwaida. Meanwhile,...

The U.N. human rights office called on the Trump administration on Friday to overhaul its migration polices and find alternatives to detention, saying children should never be held in custody, even with their parents. The United States has faced fierce criticism for separating more than...

President Tayyip Erdogan and his main rival in Sunday's presidential election have both pledged to send millions of Syrian refugees home, responding to growing unease among voters about the number of migrants in Turkey. More than 3.5 million Syrian refugees who fled conflict in their...

 German Chancellor Angela Merkel Thursday promised a $100 million loan to troubled Jordan, where mass protests over austerity measures forced the prime minister to resign earlier this month. Merkel visited the kingdom amid an escalating domestic row over migration. Standing next to...

U.S. President Donald Trump will welcome King Abdullah of Jordan to the White House on June 25, the White House said in a statement on Thursday. "Trump looks forward to reaffirming the strong bonds of friendship between the United States and Jordan. The leaders will discuss issues of...

Iraq’s supreme court Thursday ordered a manual recount of May 12 legislative elections, a process expected to take weeks although Parliament’s mandate runs out at the end of this month. The recount due to suspicions of electoral fraud, would not significantly affect the overall outcome,...

(Zaman Al Wasl)-  The United Nations is deeply concerned for around 750,000 people in southwestern Syria, where a military offensive has displaced people in Daraa province towards the Jordanian border, a U.N. humanitarian statement said on Thursday. "Today, fighting and shelling...

Argentina's World Cups hang by a fraying thread after being thumped by Croatia in a Group D showdown that was billed as a game where Jorge Sampaoli's side had to show their credentials. From the start, they looked like a confused, nervous side with no cohesion and even fewer ambitions after the...

A Turkish court ruled on Thursday to keep the local chair of Amnesty International in jail, the rights group said on Twitter, one of several high-profile cases that have raised concern about Ankara's record on free speech and protection of human rights. The court ruled that Taner Kilic...

 (Zaman Al Wasl)- Washington is intensifying efforts to halt major offensive by regime army and allied militias in southern Syria, urging rebels to ‘be patient’, according to a 'support message' by the State Department to southern rebels, sources told Zaman al-Wasl Thursday. Over...

U.S. President Donald Trump said Thursday he is considering meeting with Russian leader Vladimir Putin and is sending his national security advisor to Moscow to discuss the idea. National Security Advisor John Bolton will travel to Moscow next week, the White House said Thursday....

Iranian Oil Minister Bijan Zanganeh said on Thursday he still believes OPEC cannot reach a compromise decision on raising oil output at its meeting the following day. "I don’t think we can reach agreement," Zanganeh told reporters. "We firstly need to discuss and decide about the main...

Iran on Thursday dispatched two warships to the Gulf of Aden, where for the last week fighting has raged between the Yemeni army and Houthi rebels over Yemen’s Al-Hudaydah province. According to Iran's semi-official Tasnim News Agency, Iran has sent both a helicopter-carrier and a naval...

  (Zaman Al Wasl-AA)- At least 8 civilians were killed and 35 more wounded  by a twin bomb attack that rocked the northwestern city of Idlib on Thursday, according to the White Helmets rescuing agency. Mustafa Haj Youssef, the White Helmets’ director in Idlib, told Anadolu...

The Yemeni army on Thursday said it had killed 37 Houthi rebels -- and captured another 30 -- in fierce clashes in Yemen’s central Al-Bayda province In a statement, the army said several positions had been captured from the rebels in clashes that occurred over the last 24 hours....