WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House said Monday it would postpone a decision on imposing tariffs on U.S. imports of steel and aluminum from the European Union, Canada and Mexico for 30 days, avoiding the potential for a trade battle with Europe as the U.S. prepares for tense trade talks in China...

JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel's prime minister on Monday unveiled what he said was a "half ton" of Iranian nuclear documents collected by Israeli intelligence, claiming it proved that Iranian leaders covered up a nuclear weapons program before signing a deal with world powers in 2015. In a...

(Zaman Al Wasl) - Former al-Qaeda group and Syria Liberation Front swapped 406 prisoners and hostages in Idlib province on Monday, ending two months of tensions and clashes, a rebel official said. Amr al-Jundi, commander in 'Jabhat Tahrir Souriya' told Zaman al-Wasl that Hayat Tahrir...

AMMAN (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo suggested on Monday he was open to a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian dispute, saying a “two-party solution” was likely in his first extensive comments on peace efforts since taking the job last week. “With respect to...

(Newsweek)- Russian President Vladimir Putin wants to redraw the map of the world to better showcase his country’s presence, literally. The Russian leader has called on state geographers to compile a new atlas of the world, which better upholds the “historical and geographic truth”...

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Two Islamic State suicide bombers struck in Afghanistan's capital on Monday, killing 25 people, including nine journalists who had rushed to the scene of the first attack, in the deadliest assault on reporters since the fall of the Taliban in 2001. An Agence...

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iranian authorities have ordered internet service providers to block access to Telegram, a popular messaging app used by an estimated 40 million Iranians, state TV reported Monday. It said the Tehran prosecutor ordered that both mobile and desktop versions be blocked in a...

(Reuters) - The Syrian army unleashed a massive bombardment against one rebel enclave on Monday and prepared for the withdrawal of insurgents from another as President Bashar al-Assad pushes to crush the rebels’ last besieged strongholds. However, missile strikes against several...

JERUSALEM (AP) — Netanyahu says Israel has obtained 'half a ton' of Iranian documents proving past nuclear weapons program.

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Russia has reached a ceasefire deal with Syrian rebels in the northern countryside of Homs after almost three weeks of major campaign by regime forces and allied militias, local activists said Monday. The deal came after the regime army began an intense bombardment as...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- A fire tore through a camp for Syrian refugees in northern Lebanon on Monday, activist told Zaman al-Wasl. No casualties were reported in the camp. The fire turned 33 tents in the camp into ashes, activist Ma'moun al-Qaisi said.  Lebanon is hosting...

Rebel fighters in southern Damascus began the process of forced evacuation on Monday morning, boarding buses bound for northern Syria after the extremist Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) group reached a deal to hand over the territory to the Syrian regime after suffering weeks of deadly bombardment....

(Zaman Al Wasl)- A Syrian displaced was killed Monday in Russian airstrikes targeted a makeshift camp in northern Idlib province, local activists said. According to the White Helmets rescuing groups seven more people were also wounded due to the missile assault on Maerzaita camp. ...

Russia and Syrian rebels reach ceasefire deal in northern Homs: activists

Russian President Vladimir Putin and French leader Emmanuel Macron Monday called for the "strict observance" of the current Iran nuclear accord, with U.S. President Donald Trump still deciding whether to scrap the agreement. "The Presidents of Russia and France spoke in favor of keeping...

South Korean President Moon Jae-in said U.S. President Donald Trump deserves a Nobel Peace Prize for his efforts to end the standoff with North Korea over its nuclear weapons program, a South Korean official said Monday. "President Trump should win the Nobel Peace Prize. What we need is...

Iran's supreme leader Monday hit out at the United States a day after new Secretary of State Mike Pompeo visited Riyadh, accusing Washington of trying to stoke a "regional crisis" by provoking its ally Saudi Arabia to confront Tehran. In remarks broadcast on state television, Ayatollah...

 The Syrian regime army began an intense bombardment of a rebel enclave near Homs Monday, a war monitor said, as Bashar Assad pushed to recapture all the remaining areas his forces have besieged. The attack comes as state television broadcast footage of work to clear roads into...

An overnight missile attack in Syria's northern region has killed 26 pro-government fighters, mostly Iranians, a Syria war monitoring group said Monday. The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said the attack appears to have been carried out by Israel and targeted an arms depot...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- A series of violent explosions rocked a missile base run by Iran late on Sunday in central Hama province, leaving 38 troops killed and 57 more wounded, local activists said.   Photos surfaced online showed the sky filled with heavy smoke amid claims the explosion...