Leaders and top officials of the world's Islamic nations are coming together in Turkey to try and forge a united stance against President Donald Trump's recognition of Jerusalem as the capital of Israel. The summit of the 57-member Organization of Islamic Cooperation is expected to be...

Two FBI officials who would later be assigned to the special counsel's investigation into Donald Trump's presidential campaign described him with insults like "idiot" and "loathsome human" in a series of text messages last year, according to copies of the messages released Tuesday. One...

The Israeli air force hit the Gaza Strip's Hamas rulers early on Wednesday after Palestinians fired at southern Israel, the military said. Late on Tuesday, the military said that an undefined "projectile" was fired from Gaza toward southern Israel. A spokeswoman told AFP that it...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- 800 Syrian displaced fleeing the eastern countryside of  Deir Ezzor province have arrived to Qana camp in Hasaka province, local reporter said on Wednesday.   Qana camp, which is a shelter for 20,000 people from the eastern countryside of Deir Ezzor, is...

Syrian refugees could again seek to reach Europe in droves if aid programs are not sustained in five neighboring countries hosting the bulk of them, the United Nations said on Tuesday. The U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) was giving details of the $4.4 billion appeal to...

Alphabet Inc’s Google said on Wednesday it is opening an artificial intelligence (AI) research center in China to target the country’s local talent, even as the U.S. search firm’s products remain blocked in the country. Google said in a statement the research center is the first of its...

Zaman al-Wasl TV visited a rehabilitation center for Islamic State members set up in the FSA-held town of Marea, north of Aleppo. The Syrian Centre for Countering Extremist Thinking was set up in October to address a problem emerging across swathes of Syria and Iraq - how to...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- ISIS fighters have recaptured 6 villages from the regime forces near the Iraqi border in eastern Deir Ezzor province, the group's official news agency said on Tuesday. Daesh launched major attack on regime army and allied al-Quds militia late on...

An Egyptian female pop singer has been convicted of promoting debauchery in a racy video clip and sentenced to two years in prison. The Cairo court also ordered Shaimaa Ahmed, better known by her stage name Shima, to pay a fine of 10,000 pounds (about $560). Shima appears in the...

The United States said Tuesday it has not observed any meaningful withdrawal of Russian combat forces from Syria, despite Russian President Vladimir Putin's announcement on Monday of a significant pullout. "There have been no meaningful reductions in combat troops following Russia's...

An Israeli man was sentenced to four years in prison Tuesday for an arson attack at the church built where Christians believe Jesus performed the miracle of loaves and fishes. The Israeli district court in the Galilee city of Nazareth had earlier found Yinon Reuveni guilty of...

Human rights group Amnesty International said Tuesday that Iran's courts had "run roughshod over the rule of law" by confirming the death sentence of an academic accused of espionage during nuclear talks with world powers. Lawyers for Ahmadreza Djalali, an emergency medicine specialist...

Russia has suspended its diplomatic presence in Yemen and all its staff have left the country due to the situation in the capital Sanaa, the RIA news agency cited Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova as saying Tuesday. The Russian ambassador to Yemen and some diplomatic...

Two Palestinian Islamic Jihad fighters riding on a motorcycle in Gaza were killed in an explosion Tuesday, health officials said. Israel's military denied accounts by local residents that they were killed in an air strike. Violence along the Israel-Gaza border has flared since U.S....

(Zaman Al Wasl)- The local Council in Deir Ezzor suspended its operations on Monday  for 20 days in protest against the continued neglect of the suffering of the displaced people in the province, the opposition-run council said in statement.  The Council said various relief...

Former militants from "bandit units" in Syria are now a real threat after the defeat of Daesh (ISIS), as many of them may be now planning to return to Russia, the RIA news agency cited the head of Russia's FSB security service as saying Tuesday. The FSB head, Alexander Bortnikov, also...

 It's no secret that Israel is a deeply polarized nation, with its prime minister facing a slew of corruption allegations, the peace process at a standstill and the government moving to stifle critics. But a new survey released on Tuesday shows just how divided the country has...

Transgender recruits will be allowed to enlist in the military beginning Jan. 1, the Pentagon said Monday, as President Donald Trump's ordered ban suffered more legal setbacks. The new policy reflects the difficult hurdles the federal government would have to cross to enforce Trump's...

  (Zaman Al Wasl TV)- Suffering of more than 5.3 million Syrians mount in the winter season amid lack of basic supplies, shelter and blankets in the opposition-held areas and neighbouring Jordan, Turkey, Lebanon, Iraq.   Displaced people are waiting for the...

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - European governments are “complicit” in grave human rights violations in Libya through their support for authorities there that often work with people smugglers and torture refugees and migrants, Amnesty International said on Tuesday. Determined to cut African...