Russian police on Saturday detained several dozen supporters of opposition leader Alexei Navalny as nationwide protests kicked off on the eve of Vladimir Putin's inauguration for a fourth Kremlin term. Navalny, who was barred from challenging Putin in the March presidential election,...

The Iranian government "does not approve" of the judiciary's recent blockage of the Telegram messaging app, President Hassan Rouhani said Saturday. "The recent blocking and filtering of Telegram was not implemented by the government and the government does not approve of it," read a...

Human Rights Watch on Saturday urged Dubai authorities to reveal the whereabouts of a princess and daughter of the ruler, saying her case could constitute "enforced disappearance". In a March video, 32-year-old Sheikha Latifa bint Mohammed bin Rashid Al-Maktoum announced she was fleeing...

Rights groups and specialists are sounding the alarm over a new Syrian law on urban development, saying millions of displaced risk never returning home after losing claim to land left behind. The Urban Renewal Law, commonly known as Decree 10, allows the government to take private property to...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Two children killed and 10 others wounded late on Friday in Russian airstrikes on the northern province of Idlib, Civil Defense agency said. The strikes hit the towns of al-Hubait and al-Naqeer in the southern countryside. Idlib has been a haven for tens of...

The United States on Friday asked the UN Security Council to reject the "unacceptable" and "deeply disturbing" remarks by Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas about Jews that included "vile anti-Semitic slurs." Abbas apologized over the remarks delivered in an address to the Palestinian...

An angry Donald Trump dismissed a growing storm over a hush money payment to an adult movie star as "crap" Friday, as he denied changing his story on the scandal. After months of claiming he knew nothing of the $130,000 his personal lawyer paid the porn actress Stormy Daniels, who...

 (Zaman Al Wasl- Ethar Abdul Haq)-  It never crossed the famous Lebanese media figure Tony Khalife that he will contribute to formulating a proactive official Christian answer that would forbid what a well-known Lebanese priest named Madji Allawi was trying to accomplish by...

Atletico Madrid coach Diego Simeone is banned by UEFA from working in the stadium at the Europa League final. UEFA says its disciplinary panel imposed a four-game suspension for Simeone's conduct at Arsenal in the semifinal first leg last week. He was sent to the stands for insulting...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- The second batch of rebels and their families have left the southern suburbs of Damascus on Friday, heading northern Syria as clashes are still underway between regime forces and Daesh in Yarmouk Camp. The state-run news agency SANA reported that buses were...

More than 10,000 migrants in Greece have voluntarily returned home in the last 20 months, the International Organization for Migration (IOM), the UN Migration Agency, said on Friday. "More than 10,000 migrants returned voluntarily and safely to their home countries from Greece between...

Israeli troops fired live rounds and tear gas at Palestinians thronging the Gaza-Israel border on Friday as part of a long-running protest, injuring about 350 people. Medics said around 50 people were shot and wounded with live fire, three of them critically, and 300 more treated for...

Chemical weapons inspectors have returned from a mission to the Syrian town of Douma, where they took samples and interviewed witnesses to determine whether banned munitions were used in an attack last month, a diplomatic source said on Friday. A team of experts from the Organisation...

Three suspected female suicide bombers and four civilians were killed in northeastern Maiduguri city late Thursday night, according to the country's relief agency Friday. “Last night at around 11 p.m. local time, three teenaged female suicide bombers tried to infiltrate Mainari Shuwa...

Hundreds of Palestinians began gathering on the Gaza border Friday for the sixth week of protests in which dozens have already been killed by Israeli fire. At a protest camp east of Gaza City, several hundred people prepared for demonstrations expected to gain momentum in the...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Syrian regime forces have stepped up its aerial campaign on southern Daraa province in the past 48 hours, violating to the US-Russian de-escalation zone agreement, local activists said. Friday's strikes targeted the towns of al-Hara and Tel al-Hara in the western...

Liverpool booked their place in the Champions League final with a 7-6 aggregate victory over Roma on Thursday, although the clash with Real Madrid in Kiev on May 26 will fall during Ramadan. Ramadan begins on May 15 and is a month of incredible importance to followers of Islam, it...

Sending Arab troops to Syria is a possibility that is being discussed by officials from various countries, Egypt's foreign minister was quoted as saying in a state newspaper Friday. "In regards to the situation in Syria,  Sameh   Shukri said that the idea of replacing...

President Mahmoud Abbas was reelected head of the Palestine Liberation Organization Friday, as the veteran leader seeks to strengthen his control over politics in the occupied West Bank. A four-day meeting of the PLO's parliament, the Palestinian National Council, which was not attended...

Nearly 1,500 residents were ordered to evacuate from their volcano-side homes after Hawaii's Kilauea Volcano erupted, sending molten lava to chew its way through forest land and bubble up on paved streets. Volcano officials couldn't predict how long Thursday's eruption may last,...