MOSCOW (AFP)- From frustration with corruption and poverty to Moscow's showdown with the West, Russians shared their concerns as they voted in Sunday's presidential election that is set to extend President Vladimir Putin's Kremlin term to 2024. "I am for Putin. There is no alternative...

A senior North Korean diplomat left for Finland on Sunday for talks with former U.S. and South Korean officials, Yonhap News Agency reported, amid a series of diplomatic encounters ahead of a possible U.S.-North Korean summit. North Korea is pursuing its nuclear and missile programs in...

Israeli forces operating on the Gaza border Sunday foiled an attempt by the Hamas movement to rebuild an attack tunnel, the Israeli military said. "Using precise intelligence and new technology, the Israel Defense Forces thwarted an attempt by Hamas to renew an old terror tunnel near...

Save the Children on Friday warned of an outbreak of diseases in Rohingya refugee camps in Bangladesh as the monsoon season looms ahead. In a statement the international child rights groups said the health risk originates from the lack of proper lavatory arrangements. "The...

The Turkish military said Sunday it had taken complete control of the Afrin town center in northwestern Syria. “The Afrin town center was taken under control by Turkish Armed Forces and Free Syrian Army,” the General Staff said on its official Twitter account. A search operation...

The United Nations failed to prevent violence raging in Syria, including the assault on the Eastern Ghouta rebel enclave, the head of Syria's main opposition group alleged on Saturday. Nasr al-Hariri, president of the Syrian Negotiation Commission (SNC) blamed the UN for the crimes...

(AP) — Authorities say one person was killed and one injured after a shooting at a Southern California mall. The Ventura County sheriff’s department says on Twitter that Saturday’s incident has been contained and there’s no threat to the public. The county fire department says...

Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp said Mohamed Salah was "on his way" to being mentioned in the same breath as Lionel Messi after he scored four goals against Watford on Saturday. Salah is now the leading goalscorer in Europe's top five leagues - overtaking Barcelona's Messi and Tottenham...

Prime Minister Theresa May on Saturday delivered her response to the expulsion of 23 British diplomats by the Russian government. Speaking at the annual Conservative Party’s spring conference, May said: “In light of their [Russia’s] previous behavior, we anticipated a response of this...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Syrian regime forces and Daesh fighters in southern suburbs of Damascus have agreed to cease fighting after four days of clashes, local sources told Zaman al-Wasl Saturday. The regime army ordered ISIS to retreat from al-Qadam to the adjacent neighborhood of al-Hajar...

Mohamed Salah fired his way to more Liverpool history by surpassing Fernando Torres' record for the most competitive goals in a debut season for the Merseyside club. The prolific Egypt international scored twice in the first half against Watford on Saturday, and added two more after the...

Israel's military targeted a Hamas observation post Saturday after an explosive device detonated near the border between the Gaza Strip and Israel, the military said. The explosion occurred in the northern Gaza Strip near Israel's border fence, the army said in a statement, with no...

German authorities said three people were arrested in the northern city of Hannover when Kurdish demonstrators protesting Turkish military attacks in northern Syria clashed with police Saturday. The dpa news agency reported that some of the estimated 11,000 protesters threw plastic...

Syria's regime retook two more towns in Eastern Ghouta on Saturday, a war monitor said, pressing an offensive to capture the rebel enclave on the doorstep of Damascus. Government forces seized Kafr Batna and Sabqa in the south of the enclave, the Britain-based Syrian Observatory for...

 North Korea's foreign minister and his Swedish counterpart concluded Saturday three days of discussions focused on reaching a peaceful solution to the nuclear stand-off on the Korean peninsula. "The foreign ministers discussed opportunities and challenges for continued diplomatic...

A convoy of Turkish Armed Forces entered Syria on Saturday to establish a new observation point in northwestern Aleppo, according to an Anadolu Agency correspondent on the ground. The military convoy has safely reached the Anadan district of Aleppo, said the correspondent....

President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Saturday that Turkey-backed troops had surrounded Afrin city center in northwestern Syria and were ready to enter at any moment. "We are about to enter Afrin, and we may announce the good news at any time," said Erdogan at his Justice and...

The Turkish military and Free Syrian Army (FSA) on Saturday liberated seven more strategic villages in Afrin, northwestern Syria from the control of PYD/PKK militant groups. According to Anadolu Agency correspondents on the ground, the villages Kokana, Ayn Al Hajar and Haji Qasimli are...

 The Turkish military released footage of an undamaged Afrin hospital building on Saturday, refuting a smear campaign by YPG/PKK-Daesh militant groups. The one-minute video that was shot at 9.43 a.m. local time (0643GMT) on Saturday shows the hospital building is in good shape....

FIFA has lifted its three-decade ban on Iraq hosting international football, a move hailed by the country's sports authorities Saturday as a boost for its most popular game. "We are allowing international matches to be staged in the cities of Arbil, Basra and Karbala," FIFA president...