Hamas leader Ismail Haniya calls for a new Palestinian intifada, or uprising, over US President Donald Trump's recognition of Jerusalem as Israel's capital, AFP reported. President Donald Trump reversed decades of U.S. policy on Wednesday and recognized Jerusalem as the capital of...

Bitcoin soared to a record high of $14,047.40 on Thursday, continuing its surge from below $1,000 at the beginning of the year. The cryptocurrency was last up 2.94 percent at $14,030.00 at the Luxembourg-based Bitstamp exchange BTC=BTSP. Reporting by the Tokyo markets team;...

In “Little Gandhi,” a new documentary about the uprising in Syria that began in 2011, two activists are trying to give an interview in Daraya, a suburb of Damascus. With the camera rolling, they pause. There is too much gunfire in the background. “The sniper is about 200 meters away from us,”...

President Donald Trump reversed decades of U.S. policy on Wednesday and recognized Jerusalem as the capital of Israel in defiance of warnings from around the world that the gesture risks creating further unrest in the Middle East. In a speech at the White House, Trump said his...

Sexual harassment in the workplace comes at an emotional and financial cost for victims, offenders and companies. But quantifying that cost is not a perfect science. For victims, there’s the incalculable cost of the emotional and mental stress, but how do you put a price tag on lost job...

Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Wednesday a complete victory had been achieved over Islamic State militants on both banks of the Euphrates river in Syria. In comments released by the Kremlin, Putin said the military operation in the area was now finished, and that the focus...

U.S. plans to move its Israel embassy to Jerusalem are a sign of incompetence and failure, Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said on Wednesday. U.S. President Donald Trump is expected to announce that the United States recognizes Jerusalem as the capital of Israel and will...

President Emmanuel Macron visited Algeria on Wednesday where he pressed for a new chapter in relations and said he would not be held hostage by France’s colonial past, in remarks published by a local newspaper. The French leader is in the capital Algiers for talks with President...

Talks on ending the six-year war in Syria resumed on Wednesday with no sign of President Bashar al-Assad’s delegation returning to the negotiations in Geneva after they walked out last week. A source close to the Syrian government’s negotiating team told Reuters the delegation was still...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- At least 21 displaced people have been killed in Russian airstrikes on Deir Ezzor province as the regime forces backed by Shiite militias claim they have taken full control of the western bank of Euphrates River, local media unit and pro-regime news feeds said. The...

The United States and France called on Russia on Wednesday to deliver the delegation of President Bashar al-Assad to Syria peace talks in Geneva after discussions on ending the six-year war resumed with no sign of the government attending. The eighth round of negotiations began last...

 President Donald Trump will announce on Wednesday that the United States recognizes Jerusalem as the capital of Israel and will move its embassy there, breaking with longtime U.S. policy and potentially stirring unrest. Despite warnings from Western and Arab allies, Trump in a 1...

A bomb rigged to a motorcycle exploded in a militant-plagued part of northwest Pakistan near the Afghan border, killing nine people, officials said on Wednesday, the latest violence in a recent rise in attacks in the nuclear-armed country. The bomb was detonated by remote control late...

A Saudi-led coalition intensified air strikes on Yemen early on Wednesday as the armed Houthi movement tightened its grip on the capital after it killed former president Ali Abdullah Saleh, who switched sides in the civil war. Saudi Arabia and its allies struck a day after Saleh’s son...

Iran’s foreign ministry denied on Wednesday U.S. accusations that the Islamic Republic is playing a destabilizing role in the region, state media reported. U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson had said on Tuesday that Iran is carrying out “destabilizing actions” by supporting Hezbollah...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- A Lebanese charity organization has deceived Syrian refugee women under the pretext of humanitarian work. Oum Abdo, 26, who fled the western Qalamoun during to border Lebanese towns in Bekaa valley, was one of hundreds of Syrian refugee women field workers...

U.N.-backed peace talks for war-ravaged Syria resumed in Geneva Tuesday but without Syrian regime negotiators, who sources said have yet to determine if they will return. An eighth round of peace talks aimed at ending Syria’s 6-year-old war began in Geneva last week. U.N. Syria envoy...

By Ethar Abdulhaq (Zaman  Al Wasl)- All the warlords’ actions in the northern Damascus district of Barzeh pushed people to chant, “O Solver Bashar!” “Is it possible for the revolution of the Syrian people to retreat as well as to fade?” One person answers this...

Jordan’s King Abdullah told U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday that any move by the United States to declare Jerusalem the capital of Israel would have “dangerous repercussions” for regional stability, a Jordanian palace statement said. Trump said he intended to go ahead with a...

The U.S. military plans to stay in Syria as long as necessary to ensure Daesh (ISIS) does not return, a Pentagon official told AFP on Tuesday. "We are going to maintain our commitment on the ground as long as we need to, to support our partners and prevent the return of terrorist...