Turkish police have launched operations to track down 33 former staff of a national scientific research agency who are alleged to have been involved in last year's failed coup attempt, the state-run Anadolu news agency said on Tuesday. Anadolu said the suspects were alleged to have used...

( The Guardian )- Islamic State closed the doors of Raqqa, its de facto capital in Syria, to civilians and blocked their escape from the city more than a year ago. Then some of their fighters began taking money from civilians in return for allowing them to leave – up to $800 per person. Many...

China has assured the Philippines it will not occupy new features or territory in the South China Sea, under a new status quo brokered by Manila as both sides try to strengthen their relations, the Philippine defense minister said. The minister, Delfin Lorenzana, told a congressional hearing...

 Britain said Tuesday that the European Union's chief negotiator was getting quite cross over the Brexit divorce bill that he thinks Britain should pay but that an agreement would be eventually made. Brexit Secretary David Davis said he wanted to have an interim arrangement with the EU...

 Iran's president issued a direct threat to the West Tuesday, claiming his country is capable of restarting its nuclear program within hours - and quickly bringing it to even more advanced levels than in 2015, when Iran signed the nuclear deal with world powers. Hassan Rouhani's remarks...

 Israeli police arrested a firebrand Islamic preacher Tuesday who has been repeatedly accused of inciting violence over a sensitive Jerusalem holy site where tensions again flared last month. Raed Salah, released from prison in January after serving a nine-month sentence, is accused of...

Guam officials were "ecstatic" Tuesday as North Korea appeared to back away from its threat to fire four missiles towards the U.S. territory in the western Pacific. "There doesn't appear to be any indication, based on what we're hearing, that there will be any missiles attacking in the near...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- In abandoned tent in Zaatari refugee Camp, Sham Morjan has being suffering from cerebral palsy since her birth. Sham, the little girl of 6 years, seems younger than her age after she stopped growing, talking and moving and practicing her childhood like her peers....

  (Zaman Al Wasl)- About 80,000 Syrian refugees sheltering in Rukban camp at Jordan’s border have been suffering lack of drinking water and mounting health problems.   The main potable water tubes were cut off since June 15, such a mesery pushed the displaced people to walk 5...

U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday signed a presidential memorandum authorizing an investigation into China's alleged theft of American intellectual property, declaring it "one big move." The order directs U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer to determine whether to investigate...

The United Nations says unidentified gunmen have attacked two U.N. peacekeeping sites in Mali, killing one Malian soldier and one U.N. peacekeeper. U.N. deputy spokesman Farhan Haq said the U.N. camp in Douentza in the Mopti region of central Mali came under attack Monday morning. He...

Two U.S. soldiers who were killed in Iraq over the weekend died in an artillery "mishap" and were not killed by enemy action, the Pentagon said Monday. "An Army artillery section was conducting a counterfire mission against an [Daesh] mortar site when a mishap occurred, injuring seven...

A British cybersecurity researcher credited with helping curb a recent worldwide ransomware attack pleaded not guilty Monday to federal charges accusing him of creating malicious software to steal banking information three years ago. Marcus Hutchins entered his plea in Wisconsin federal...

The Syrian army and its allies advanced in the central Syrian desert on Monday and could soon encircle a Daesh (ISIS) pocket, part of a multi-pronged thrust into eastern areas held by the militant group. A Syrian military source said the Syrian army and its allies had taken a number of...

Six militia groups will take part in a planned military operation to recapture Iraq’s northwestern city of Tal Afar, a militia member said Monday. The groups are part of the Hashd al-Shaabi militia, a Shia paramilitary force that has been providing support to government forces in the ongoing...

Two civilians working on a construction site in Turkey's southeast were killed on Monday in a bomb blast blamed on the outlawed Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK), state media said. The two workers lost their lives when their vehicle was struck by a roadside bomb in the Semdinli district of the...

Civilians fleeing Daesh's (ISIS) two remaining Syrian strongholds face "terrible, terrible conditions" in dozens of poorly-equipped informal camps, the International Committee of the Red Cross said Monday. Daesh is under pressure in the remaining areas it holds in Syria, with a U.S.-backed...

The Palestinian Authority decided to release five journalists on Monday after arresting them last week, their lawyer said, a day after political rivals Hamas released a PA-linked reporter. The five, including journalist from Hamas-linked media, had been arrested in the occupied West Bank on...

Iraq's Shiite militias say they will participate in the next major battle against Daesh (ISIS) after the Iraqi forces' victory in Mosul last month. The Shite militias did not fight in the urban part of Mosul, Iraq's second-largest city, but were key in clearing far-flung villages of Daesh...

 Cholera is believed to have affected more than 500,000 people in Yemen and killed nearly 2,000 since late April, the World Health Organization said Monday. A full 503,484 suspected cases and 1,975 deaths are attributable to the outbreak that erupted last than four months ago in the...