A 19-year-old Palestinian shot by Israeli soldiers during protests and clashes along the Gaza border last week died from his wounds Thursday, the health ministry in the Palestinian enclave said. The death of Anas Abu Aser brings the toll of Palestinians killed by Israeli fire since...

The EU Thursday laid out a stark warning that a sudden rise in trade protectionism was the biggest threat to growth in Europe, as it confirmed its solid economic projections for 2018 and 2019. "The biggest risk to this rosy outlook is protectionism, which must not become the new normal:...

Saudi Arabia has confirmed the arrival of a prisoner who was sent back to the kingdom from the Guantanamo Bay detention center to serve out the remainder of his 13-year sentence. Ahmad Mohammad al-Darbi is the first detainee to leave the U.S. base in Cuba since President Donald Trump...

German authorities say they have arrested a 25-year-old Syrian man on suspicion of being a member of Daesh (ISIS). Federal prosecutors say Faisal A.H., whose full name was withheld on privacy grounds, was detained Wednesday in the southwestern city of Tuebingen. Prosecutors said...

A Russian fighter jet crashed after taking off from an airbase in Syria on Thursday, killing both pilots, Moscow's defense ministry said in a statement carried by news agencies. "As it was climbing after taking off from the Hmeimim airbase, the Russian fighter Su-30SM crashed into the...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- At least 20 regime troops from the coastal province of Tartus were killed in two weeks, most of them killed by Daesh in the southern suburbs of Damascus, pro-regime news feeds said.   The death toll included Brigadier General and 4 officers.  More than...

President Donald Trump's lead lawyer dealing with an ongoing special counsel probe into Russia will resign from his post, the White House announced Wednesday. Ty Cobb plans to retire at the end of the month, the White House said in a brief one-sentence statement. Spokeswoman Sarah...

Journalists in Myanmar work under immense pressure by the government which restricts fair reportage of the Rohingya crisis, Anadolu Agency’s editor-in-chief of foreign language services said on Wednesday. Speaking at "Rohingya Crisis and Solutions”, an international conference in...

Syrian rebels accepted a deal Wednesday to quit their enclave near Homs city, a rebel official said, as the military crushes the last two besieged insurgent pockets in the country. The agreement, which Russia brokered, would restore state rule, with fighters handing over their heavy...

Myanmar said Wednesday it has agreed to the involvement of United Nations agencies in repatriating Rohingya refugees who have fled to neighboring Bangladesh. Citing State Counselor Aung San Suu Kyi, a state-owned newspaper reported Wednesday that the government is discussing signing a...

Iranian security forces on Wednesday banned Sheikh Abdul Hamid Ismail Zahi, a prominent Sunni preacher from the city of Zahedan, from traveling to Qatar, according to an Iranian media source.  Mahmud Barhuwayi Nejad, editor of the Balochistan Iran magazine, confirmed the travel ban...

Air France is cutting its Joon subsidiary's service between Paris and Tehran to the summer season only, blaming a poor economic performance over two years in operation. "Air France has decided to adapt its programme to better match demand," a spokeswoman said by email, adding that the...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- At least three children were killed and seven others wounded in a landmine explosion in the northeastern Hasaka province, local activists and regime-run news agency said Wednesday. SANA said ISIS had planted the landmine near the neighborhood of al-Nashwa al-Gharbyia in...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- The local council of Talbiseh town has joined the Forth Corps, key rebel group in northern Homs, in refusing Russia's surrender deal. The Russian offer is a similar to the Ghouta and Qalamoun's deals. Rebels must lay down their weapons and decide whether joining regime...

U.S. and Israeli officials on Wednesday slammed remarks by the Palestinian president about the causes of 20th century anti-Semitism in Europe. In remarks that were part of a lengthy speech to the PLO parliament on Monday, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said it was the Jews' "social...

Armenia's parliament will hold another vote for the post of prime minister May 8, its press service said Wednesday, after a vote Tuesday failed to secure a majority for opposition leader Nikol Pashinyan. Pashinyan was the only candidate in the election, which followed weeks of protests...

Iran Wednesday denied that it was involved in a weapons delivery to the Polisario Front movement seeking independence for Western Sahara after Morocco cut diplomatic ties with Tehran over the allegations. "Remarks attributed to the foreign minister of Morocco about cooperation between...

A group of militants including a suicide bomber targeted the offices of the Libyan electoral commission in Tripoli Wednesday, a spokesman said. The assailants entered the offices and set them on fire, said spokesman Khaled Amar, who fled the building with other staff when it was...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Russian airstrikes have bombed out of service the main hospital in the town of Kafr Zaita in Hama province, local activists said Wednesday. No casualties have been reported. Russia's warplanes on Sunday have also bombed out of service al-Za'faraneh hospital in...

Italian President Sergio Mattarella has ruled out the possibility of early elections in June, preferring instead to have a new government in place to pass the 2019 budget, a presidential palace source said Wednesday. On Monday, the leader of the anti-establishment 5-Star Movement called...