(Zaman Al Wasl)- Tensions hiked between the Kurdish YPG militia and Al-Sanadid Forces near the Iraqi border over arresting tribesmen charged with looting, local sources said Tuesday. The powerful Kurdish People's Protection Units arrested on Monday members from the militia, which formed...

Yemen's president is to hold talks in Abu Dhabi on Tuesday as he attempts to repair relations with the United Arab Emirates, which has increasingly sidelined him in its three-year military intervention. President Abed Rabbou Mansour Hadi is making the rare visit on the advice of King...

The World Health Organization (WHO) on Monday announced the launch of a project to provide health care to roughly 242,000 people in the war-torn Darfur state of western Sudan. The UN agency explained that the project comes in order to bridge the health gap in nine villages in the East...

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres urged Europe to welcome migrants fleeing crisis abroad, telling reporters Monday he is concerned about a possible "shrinking" of protections on the continent after Italy turned away a boat carrying over 600 people. "I've always been extremely...

 (Zaman Al Wasl)- About 50 Italian army troops were deployed in an oil field in Deir Ezzor province on Monday, joining French and US personnel in the eastern bank of Euphrates River, activists said. The new batch of the International Coalition troops settled in the al-Tanak oil...

Qatar has filed a lawsuit against the United Arab Emirates at the UN International Court of Justice over "human rights violations", Qatar's Foreign Ministry said Monday. "The State of Qatar Initiates Proceedings against the UAE before the International Court of Justice for Human Rights...

( Mondafrique )- Le ministre de l’Intérieur démissionnaire, Lotfi Brahem, a péché par orgueil, en croyant que grâce à ses nouveaux amis émiratis, il allait devenir le maitre du jeu politique à Tunis. Le Premier ministre tunisien, Youssef Chahed, qui n’a jamais apprécié son...

A suicide attacker blew himself up Monday as government workers queued for an early bus home during the holy month of Ramadan, killing at least 13 people and wounding 31, officials and hospital staff said. The Islamic State group claimed responsibility for the latest attack in the...

Historic talks between the U.S. and North Korea have progressed more rapidly than first thought, and will wrap up in one day, the White House said Monday. President Donald Trump will depart Singapore for the U.S. at around 8 p.m. local time (1200GMT) Tuesday, the White House confirmed...

Influential Shia cleric Muqtada al-Sadr on Monday called on Iraqi political groups to abstain from fighting for power. In a statement, al-Sadr expressed his “discontent” with the deteriorating political, security and economic conditions in the country. “Iraq is full of the poor,...

The aftermath of the G7 Summit was rife with strife Sunday, with American economic director Larry Kudlow saying Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau “stabbed us in the back”. According to media reports, Canadian officials have been mystified by the attack on Trudeau by both Kudlow and...

U.S. President Donald Trump said on Monday his historic summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un in Singapore could “work out very nicely” as officials from both countries met to narrow differences on how to end a nuclear stand-off on the Korean peninsula. Kim and Trump arrived in the...

(AP)- A Russian force deployment on the Syria-Lebanon border last week in a Hezbollah stronghold sparked protests by the Lebanese militant group, prompting the force to withdraw from its positions only a day later in a rare sign of tension between the allies. The Russian move was not expected...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- The regime army has sent new reinforcement to southern Daraa province as preparations for an imminent offensive against rebels still underway, activists said Sunday. The southwest is one of the big chunks of territory that still remains outside the control of the regime,...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- At least 12 rebel fighters were killed when regime forces shelled their vehicle with Kornet rocket in the northwestern province of Hama, sources told Zaman al-Wasl Sunday. Al-Ankawi road, a strategic supply route links between Latakia province and Jisr al-Shughour...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- At least 10 civilians, including 4 children and woman, were killed and dozens wounded in Syrian airstrikes on a hospital in northern province of Idlib, Civil Defesne said Sunday. The heavy aerial bombing has targeted the AL-Nour's children hospital in the town of...

The political arm of a powerful alliance of Syrian Kurd and Arab fighters announced Sunday it was ready for unconditional peace talks with the central government in Damascus. The Syrian Democratic Council (SDC) is linked to the Syrian Democratic Forces, a U.S.-backed militia that holds...

World number one Rafael Nadal won an 11th French Open title by beating Austria's Dominic Thiem in straight sets. Nadal, 32, won 6-4 6-3 6-2 to earn his 17th Grand Slam, three adrift of Roger Federer's all-time men's record. The Spaniard edged an intense opening set, tightening...

Iran's Revolutionary Guards said Sunday there had been three clashes with "terrorists" along the border with Iraq in recent days, leaving several dead. "In recent days we have been witnessing some movements and efforts by anti-revolutionary bandits and terrorists in west and northwest border...

Fire hits Iraq's biggest ballot warehouse before recount: security official