BEIJING (Reuters) - China believes that the Venezuelan government and people can resolve their problems within a legal framework and maintain national stability, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi told his Venezuelan counterpart at the United Nations. At least 125 people have been killed...

 Qatar’s Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani on Tuesday renewed a call for “unconditional dialogue” to end a crisis pitting Qatar against four Arab states while U.S. President Donald Trump said he expected the dispute to be resolved quickly. Speaking from the podium of the...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Syrian regime and key ally Russia have stepped up aerial and ground campaign on Idlib and Hama provinces, conducting more than 105 raids in the past 24 hours in response to a major rebel attack launched, local activists said Wednesday.   The regime...

(Eqtsad)- Ismael, the young man who lives in the opposition-held areas in Aleppo northern countryside has been racing with time to get married during this summer which is traditionally the best season to enter the “golden cage” as the well-known proverb says. The main target of Ismael,...

 Hamas called on Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on Tuesday to respond to the disbanding of its shadow government in the Gaza Strip by ending his sanctions on the impoverished enclave. Following Egyptian-mediated reconciliation talks with Abbas’s Western-backed Fatah faction,...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Three Russian troops were killed by the Islamic State on Monday when they were trying to cross the eastern side of the Euphrates in Deir Ezzor along with the regime forces, the militant group's news agency said. Amaq news agency said the Russians had been killed in...

U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday vowed to “totally destroy” North Korea unless Pyongyang backs down from its nuclear challenge, mocking North Korean leader Kim Jong Un as a “rocket man” on a suicide mission. It was Trump’s most direct threat to attack North Korea for belligerent...

U.S. troops and allied Arab fighters have evacuated a garrison set up in June in the Syrian desert near the border with Iraq and relocated to their main Tanf base, rebel sources said on Tuesday. They said the move follows a deal between Washington and Moscow to abandon the Zakf site,...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Former al-Qaeda group backed by 5 rebel factions launched major attack on regime bastions in the northwestern province of Hama, local activists said Tuesday.   Hayat Tahir al-Sham alliance with key Islamist groups in northern Syria launched surprise attack on regime...

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump will urge United Nations member states on Tuesday to turn up the pressure on North Korea to give up its nuclear weapons, using his maiden speech to the world body to address what he considers the top global challenge. Senior White...

(Middle East Monitor)- As the Iraqi Kurdish administration continues to  defy international opinion  by pressing ahead with its plans to hold an advisory independence referendum next Monday, Iraq’s two most powerful neighbouring countries have stepped up rhetorical opposition to the...

Police deployed overnight Monday in the northern Iraqi oil city of Kirkuk to prevent a deadly dispute from developing into ethnic clashes ahead of a referendum on Kurdish independence, local residents said. The Kurdish authorities want to hold the vote on Sept. 25, despite opposition...

Rebel shelling of a residential neighborhood of Yemen's third-largest city Taez killed four boys aged between seven and 15, a local official said on Tuesday. The city is largely in the hands of the Saudi-backed government but has been a key battlefield in the conflict that has gripped...

Rebel groups launched a large attack on regime-held areas in northwestern Syria on Tuesday, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights and a media outlet run by the Lebanese group Hezbollah reported. The attack north of Hama city marks the biggest offensive in that area since March, and...

NAYPYITAW (Reuters) - Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi condemned on Tuesday any human rights violations in troubled Rakhine State and said anyone responsible would face the law, and that she felt deeply for the suffering of everyone caught up in the conflict there. The Nobel Peace...

(Reuters) - The S&P 500 ended slightly higher on Monday as financial stocks rose ahead of a Federal Reserve meeting, but the Nasdaq pared gains sharply as technology stocks lost ground late in the session. Five of the 11 major S&P sectors ended lower. Rising U.S. Treasury yields...

(Reuters) - Toys ‘R’ Us Inc, the largest U.S. toy store chain, filed for bankruptcy protection late Monday, the latest sign of turmoil in the retail industry that is caught in a viselike grip of online shopping and discount chains. The Chapter 11 filing is among the largest ever by a...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Jawad Abu Hatab, the Prime Minister of the Syrian Interim Government and the acting Defense Minister has appointed Col. Abdul Jabbar al-Ukaidi as his deputy, according to a statement issued on Monday.   The prominent commander in the Free Syrian Army was appointed...

U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis hinted on Monday about the existence of military options on North Korea that might spare Seoul from a brutal counterattack but declined to say what kind of options he was talking about or whether they involved the use of lethal force. U.S. Ambassador to...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Three men charged with killing seven Civil Defense workers in August were executed on Monday in northern Idlib province, local activists said. The armed attackers on August 12 stormed an office of the Syrian paramedic group in the town of Sarmin, killing seven...