Jordan on Friday urged Israel to "immediately reopen" the Al-Aqsa mosque compound in occupied Jerusalem which Israeli security forces closed after a Arab Israeli gunmen killed two Israeli policemen in the Holy City. Jordan is the custodian of the compound in Israeli-occupied east Jerusalem,...

 Pentagon chief Jim Mattis said Friday he cannot confirm whether or not Daesh (ISIS) chief Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi is dead, after reports from Syria that the militant leader was killed. "If we knew, we would tell you - right now, I can't confirm or deny it," Mattis said. "Our approach...

Two Ukrainian tourists were killed and four other tourists wounded by an attacker with a knife at an Egyptian holiday resort in Hurghada, though the motive for the attack was still under investigation, Egypt's Interior Ministry and security sources said on Friday. The assailant has been...

A Syrian first responders' group says at least two people were killed in a series of airstrikes on the outskirts of Damascus as pro-government forces intensify efforts to push rebels away from Syria's capital. The Syrian Civil Defense group, more popularly known as the White Helmets, posted...

 (Zaman Al Wasl)- U.S.-led coalition killed 9 people, mostly children, in airstrikes hit Raqqa neighborhoods in support for Kurdish-led forces that grip on the de facto capital of ISIS, local monitoring group said Friday. Raqqa Is Being Slaughtered Silently said the the U.S....

 Iraqi forces faced further pockets of resistance from Islamic State militants in Mosul's Old City on Friday, four days after the prime minister declared victory. Iraqi army helicopters flew overhead and explosions could be heard, residents said, while videos of alleged revenge attacks...

French President Emmanuel Macron and US counterpart Donald Trump marked France's national day together on Friday at a military parade that showcased their warming relations. Macron invited Trump to be his guest of honour at the pomp-filled military parade down the Champs-Elysees which the...

North Korea said Friday it will take "corresponding measures" if the U.N. Security Council adopts another sanctions resolution in response to the North's test-launch of an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) last week. The North's foreign ministry said in a statement carried by the...

Gunmen ambushed an Egyptian security checkpoint on Friday, killing five policemen in an area just south of the capital, the state-run MENA news agency said. The attack in al-Badrasheen area of Giza province, 30 km south of Cairo, killed two officers and three conscripts, the agency said...

One hundred days after deadly sarin hit their Syrian hometown, residents of Khan Sheikhun shuttered their shops and solemnly payed their respects to the victims at their modest cemetery. The April 4 attack on the opposition-held northwestern town killed at least 87 people, including...

British police said on Friday they arrested a teenager after five acid attacks in east London left several people with facial injuries including one with "life-changing" effects. One of the victims had been on a moped when two assailants pulled up alongside him in another moped and threw a...

The Trump administration is expected to tell Congress early next week that Iran is still complying with the 2015 nuclear deal, three U.S. officials said Thursday, even as a broader review of Iran policy ordered by President Donald Trump drags on. Under the deal negotiated by President Barack...

Australia on Friday proposed new laws to compel companies such as U.S. social media giant Facebook and device manufacturer Apple to provide security agencies access to encrypted messages. The measures will be the first in an expected wave of global legislation as pressure mounts on...

Three gunmen opened fire at police near Jerusalem's holiest site on Friday, wounding three Israelis, two of them critically, before the attackers were killed by security forces, Israeli police said. The gunmen arrived at the sacred site, known to Muslims as the Noble Sanctuary and to Jews as...

Russia has said it is willing to deploy monitors to prevent any violations of a ceasefire in southwestern Syria by Syrian government forces, a senior U.S. official said on Thursday. Brett McGurk, U.S. special envoy for the coalition against Islamic State, said the United States was "very...

Manchester United expect David de Gea to be the subject of another Real Madrid bid this summer despite their determined stance that the goalkeeper will not be sold. Real are aware of United’s position but are undeterred and may soon indicate their desire to prise the 26-year-old away from...

Human Rights Watch Thursday condemned videos circulating on social media purportedly showing Iraqi forces killing and beating men suspected of being Daesh (ISIS) fighters in Mosul. Two videos seen by the Associated Press were posted to Facebook earlier this week, a day after Iraqi Prime Minister...

Scores of civilians are fleeing Syria's Raqqa traumatized, with families torn apart and conditions worsening as the battle to oust Islamic State intensifies, a senior U.N. official said on Thursday. The number of people escaping has risen rapidly in recent weeks, Sajjad Malik, the U.N....

 (Zaman Al Wasl)- Syria’s key opposition groups to form permanent committee for the next round of Geneva peace talks as the seventh round ends Friday, head of Moscow platform Qadri Jamil said. The revival of Bashar al-Assad regime due to the ultimate support of Russia has changed...

United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres was "deeply saddened" by the death of Chinese dissident and Nobel Peace Prize laureate Liu Xiaobo on Thursday and expressed his condolences, U.N. spokesman Stephane Dujarric told reporters. Liu, 61, was jailed for 11 years in 2009 for...