Companies and nationals blacklisted by France for alleged links to Syria's chemical weapons program denied any wrongdoing Thursday, telling AFP they were gearing up for a legal challenge. France accused the 25 entities Tuesday of belonging to two "supply networks" for the Syrian Scientific...

 Iran is building and arming an increasingly powerful network of proxies in countries like Syria, Yemen and Iraq that can turn against the governments of those states, U.S. National Security Adviser H.R. McMaster said Saturday. "What’s particularly concerning is that this network of...

STOCKHOLM: Sweden has granted citizenship to a Stockholm-based scientist being held in Iran under sentence of death, the Swedish foreign ministry confirmed on Saturday. Ahmadreza Djalali, a medical doctor and lecturer at the Karolinska Institute in the Swedish capital, was arrested in Iran...

Tunisia's coastguard has rescued 48 Tunisian migrants whose boat began sinking as they tried to reach Italy by sea, the interior ministry said Saturday. A patrol spotted the vessel on Friday night off Jebeniana, 210 kilometers south of Tunis. The nine-meter craft "was sinking after...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- The funeral of senior regime general worked in the Syrian chemical weapons program has sparked a storm of speculations about the circumstances surrounding his death. Various rumors surround his death as some say he was killed in military confrontations and others that...

A military helicopter carrying Mexico's interior secretary and a state governor who were assessing damage from a powerful earthquake has crashed in the southern state of Oaxaca, killing two people on the ground. Mexico's Interior Department says Secretary Alfonso Navarrete and Oaxaca...

No evidence is behind the U.S. indictment of Russian nationals for alleged election interference and Moscow has given multiple explanations on what Washington called "Russian meddling efforts", RIA news agency cited the Russian presidential envoy as saying on Saturday. The office of...

Syria's civil war is in danger of flaring into a regional or even global conflict, but some diplomats hope the high stakes could, paradoxically, pave the way for a peace accord. Last week, five Russians were likely killed in a US-led coalition bombing on pro-regime Syrian fighters, the...

Britain and the European Union should resolve trade and other issues related to Britain's exit from the bloc separately from discussions about a security pact with the U.K., European Commission chief Jean-Claude Juncker said Saturday. "We need a security alliance between the U.K. and...

A Pakistani court Saturday handed four death sentences to a man charged with raping and murdering a young girl, in a case that shocked the country and sparked major riots in his home district. Imran Ali, 24, was on trial for the killing of six-year-old Zainab Fatima Ameen in the eastern...

India and Iran have agreed to step up cooperation in combatting extremism, terrorism and drug trafficking and restoring peace and stability in war-wracked Afghanistan. Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi says the two countries will also make efforts to improve energy security and...

Syrian Kurdish news outlets and Syria's state-run news agency say six civilians have suffered breathing difficulties after what they say was a poison gas attack launched by Turkey on the Kurdish-controlled enclave of Afrin. The news outlets quote local doctors in Afrin as saying the...

  (Zaman Al Wasl)- Two people were killed and 5 more wounded on Friday in Russian airstrikes on the northwestern province of Idlib, Civil Defence agency said. The strikes hit the town of Jisr al-Shughour that has endured to heavy bombing during the week. Russia’s airstrikes...

US President Donald Trump on Friday held up the indictment of 13 Russians -- and no Americans -- for meddling in the 2016 election as vindication that his campaign team did not collude with Moscow. "Russia started their anti-US campaign in 2014, long before I announced that I would run...

 A federal grand jury in Minnesota has indicted three people on charges that they conspired to export drone parts and technology to the Iranian-backed Hezbollah militia in Lebanon. The U.S. Attorney's Office for Minnesota said in the announcement Friday that two suspects - brothers...

Moscow expects the United States to close its unilaterally established zone of de-escalation in northern Syria, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov told Euronews on Friday, without giving a timeframe. From the very beginning of the U.S. presence in Syria, the Americans have relied on...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Daesh (Islamic State) fighters on Friday have recaptured ground from the U.S.-backed Syrian Democratic Forces near the Iraqi border, the radical group said in statement. ISIS attack on the YPG-led forces killed 8 fighters near the town of al-Sha'fah in the eastern...

Iran's official IRNA news agency is reporting that an Iranian passenger plane has skidded off the runway after its landing gear jammed during a domestic flight. The Friday report said all 104 passengers and crew of the Fokker-100 plane were safely taken to the airport terminal in the...

A Brexit deal should strike a balance to ensure Britain clearly diverges from the European Union's single market but keeps close economic ties with the bloc, German Chancellor Angela Merkel said after meeting British Prime Minister Theresa May Friday. Merkel struck an upbeat tone after...

Tunisian authorities Friday intercepted and boarded a ship carrying undeclared armored vehicles and other military equipment off the port of Sfax, customs officials said. They said the vessel, which was flying the Panamanian flag, was carrying trucks, armored personnel carriers and...