(Zaman Al Wasl)- Al Badia Cement factory at the eastern edge of embattled Ghouta suburbs has turned into a regime’s major arsenal, local activists and rebels said. The civil utility in the industrial zone of al-Dumayr town 60 km (40 miles east of Damascus) has become a base for...

Four soldiers were killed in Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula as part of an ongoing military operation in the restive area, according to a military spokesman.   In a statement on Sunday, Col. Tamer Rifai said warplanes attacked six militant targets in northern and central Sinai and the Nile...

North Korea is ready to go to war with the U.S. and will refuse talks with “any precondition,” according to Pyongyang’s Foreign Ministry on Saturday. “The U.S. should not misjudge our intention for dialogue,” a ministry spokesperson stated according to the North’s official KCNA news...

The U.S. President Donald Trump “has adopted an occupation narrative” with his recognition of Jerusalem as the capital of Israel, a member of the Israeli parliament said on Sunday. “One of the most dangerous elements in Trump’s declaration of Jerusalem as the capital of Israel speech,...

Tens of thousands of Russian President Vladimir Putin’s supporters have gathered for a campaign rally at Moscow’s sprawling main sports complex. The crowd at the rally held two weeks before Russia’s presidential election filled the Luzhniki stadium, which has the capacity for more than...

Mohamed Salah netted in a seventh successive match to continue the best scoring spree in Europe’s big five leagues as Liverpool defeated Newcastle 2-0 on Saturday. It was Salah’s 32nd goal in all competitions, and the 26th club match he has scored in, eclipsing the likes of Paris Saint...

Women in Saudi Arabia participated in a marathon on Saturday for the first time in the kingdom’s history. The 3-kilometer marathon took place in the eastern province of al-Ahsa. “Al-Ahsa Runs” was the title used for the marathon, which was participated by 1,500 women in...

Footage released by an Israeli rights group showed Israeli soldiers firing a stun grenade at a Palestinian couple carrying a baby. The incident took place in the West Bank village of Burin near Nablus on Friday, according to Yesh Din organization on Saturday. Yesh Din said...

WASHINGTON (AP)- The Secret Service says a man shot himself outside the White House, and medical personnel are on the scene. President Donald Trump is not at the White House - he's in Florida, but is set to return later Saturday. The agency says in a Twitter post that there are...

GAZA: Israeli soldiers shot and killed a Palestinian near the border between Israel and the Gaza Strip on Saturday, Palestinian officials said. An Israeli military spokeswoman said that a "suspect had approached a restricted area in the southern Gaza Strip." Soldiers then "fired...

SANAA: Yemeni medical officials say fighting outside the capital between Shiite rebels and forces loyal to an internationally recognized government has killed more than 55 people on both sides. The officials said Saturday that the clashes took place in Nihm district, about 30 miles...

Turkish military and Free Syrian Army (FSA) on Saturday liberated seven more residential areas, including a strategic Rajo town, from YPG/PKK-Daesh terrorists as part of the ongoing operation northwestern Syria, the military said. In a statement, the Turkish General Staff said Ramadiyah...

 Syrian regime forces took almost complete control of the town of al-Shayfouniya in eastern Ghouta near Damascus on Saturday, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said, pressing an assault into the last rebel stronghold near the capital. The spokesman for the rebel Jaish...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- At least 353 troops from the central provinces of Homs and Hama have been killed in two months. According to Zaman al-Wasl Arabic, the death toll included   167 from Homs and 186 from Hama.  50 officers, including high ranks, were also killed in the...

Egyptian prosecutors have ordered the detention of two journalists for 15 days pending an investigation after their arrest while preparing a report on the historic Alexandria tramway. Defense attorney Mohammed Hafez said Friday's decision regarding free-lance journalists May al-Sabbagh and...

Turkish warplanes struck pro-Syrian government forces in the northwestern Afrin region of Syria on Saturday, killing at least 36 of them, as Turkey's assault in the Kurdish region gathered pace, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said. The pro-Syrian government forces entered Afrin last...

 A news website in the Kurdish-majority Turkish city of Diyarbakir, staffed only by women, has been repeatedly shut down by the authorities over alleged terror propaganda but it is refusing to give up the fight to publish. Jin News Agency, from the Kurdish word for woman "Jin,"...

OCCUPIED JERUSALEM (AFP)- Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will have a brief respite next week from the deluge of legal woes he faces when he heads to Washington to meet U.S. President Donald Trump. Even as he prepared for his trip, Netanyahu was again questioned by police in...

HONG KONG (Reuters)- Antonio Pizzi has been given little time to prepare Saudi Arabia for their World Cup return and, with just over three months until they open the tournament against the hosts, the Argentine is continuing his search for solutions. Pizzi's side handed Moldova a 3-0...

CHICAGO, United States: A university student who fatally shot his parents on his school campus in the U.S. state of Michigan was arrested without incident after an hours-long manhunt, officials said early Saturday. The episode had put the Central Michigan University campus into lockdown...