Raging forest fires in Portugal have killed at least 62 people, most of whom burnt to death in their cars, the government said Sunday, in one of the worst such disasters in recent history. The fire broke out on Saturday in the municipality of Pedrogao Grande in central Portugal, before...

Real Madrid coach Zinedine Zidane broke off his holiday to call Cristiano Ronaldo in a bid to persuade his unsettled star not to quit the club, Spanish sports daily Marca claimed on Sunday. Ronaldo, on Confederations Cup duty in Russia with Portugal, is reportedly furious over a tax probe...

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu Sunday accused the Palestinian president's party of praising Palestinians who killed an Israeli policewoman, calling for an end to payments to the families of attackers. Two Palestinians on Friday opened fire on a group of Israeli officers just outside the...

Pope Francis is calling for the faithful to not only welcome refugees, but to personally learn from their stories as a way to curb fears and "distorted" ideologies about them. Francis made the appeal Sunday as he marked the U.N.'s World Day of Refugees, which will be celebrated on Tuesday....

Former Lebanese Culture Minister Ghassan Salameh is set to be named as the new United Nations envoy to Libya by U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, ending an unusually contentious four-month search that followed U.S. rejection of his first suggestion. Guterres on Friday officially put...

Amid buildings destroyed by heavy fighting, University of Mosul students are returning to take exams interrupted three years ago when jihadists took control of their city. The university and an army of volunteers are working to clear up rubble and repair the damage left by fierce battles...

Philippine police say communist guerrillas have stormed a police station in a central province and seized a dozen assault rifles and pistols, two-way radios, cash, jewelry and a patrol car. Regional police Chief Superintendent Cesar Hawthorne Binag condemned the attack by about 50 New...

Germany's defense minister hopes to start transferring planes serving in the international coalition against the ISIS from Turkey to Jordan by mid-July. The German government decided to withdraw its refueling and reconnaissance aircraft from Turkey's Incirlik base after Turkish officials...

 The British government plans to have the next Parliament hold a two-year session to deal with the expected onslaught of Brexit-related legislation. Parliament normally sits for one year, but officials said late Saturday night more time will be needed. House of Common leader Andrea...

At least one person has been wounded after a convoy seeking to deliver aid to a besieged Syrian rebel-held town came under fire, the local Red Crescent said. The incident occurred on Saturday as the convoy attempted to access Harasta in the Eastern Ghouta region outside Damascus, the Syrian...

British officials say they are helping the Syrian family of the first officially confirmed victim of the London tower blaze to come to Britain. The Home Office said late Saturday night it will make arrangements for the family of Mohammad Alhajali to "travel to the U.K. in these terribly sad...

 (Zaman Al Wasl)- Islamic State fighters launched surprise attack on Kurdish militia in the southern countryside of Hasaka, local activists said Sunday. Ahmed al-Ali, Hasaka-based activist, said ISIS suicide bombers had started the attack onthe Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) near...

Egypt's Interior Ministry says a roadside bomb struck a police vehicle in a Cairo suburb, killing an officer and wounding four others. In a statement carried by the state news agency, the ministry said the bomb was remotely detonated early Sunday in Maadi, a wealthy suburb that is home to...

The bodies of missing sailors were found in flooded compartments of the USS Fitzgerald, which came close to sinking after a collision with a container ship off Japan tore a gash under the warship's waterline, the U.S. Navy's Seventh Fleet commander said on Sunday. An earlier Navy statement...

Dozens of people were killed or wounded when as many as five suicide bombers attacked a police headquarters in eastern Afghanistan on Sunday, officials said. The attack, claimed by the Taliban, began around 6:30 a.m. (0200 GMT) when one bomber detonated a car packed with explosives at the...

 Iraqi forces started storming the ISIS-held Old City of Mosul on Sunday, a military statement said. The historic district is the last still under control of the militants in the northern Iraqi city, which used to be their capital in Iraq. The U.S.-backed Iraqi offensive to capture...

 (Zaman Al Wasl)- Five civilians, including four from the same family, were killed in the U.S.-led coalition air strikes on the city of al-Mayadeen, east of Deir ezzor province, local monitoring group said Saturday. Furat Post said the U.S.-led strikes hit a school sheltering displace...

(Eqtsad)- Siege and drought of groundwater wells and the lack of rain affected the winter grain crop in the northern besieged Homs countryside. Some agricultural engineers have expected a drop in grain to about a quarter of last year's level and 10 percent higher than in 2011. Agricultural...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Poweful Kurdish  PYD militia has launched a new arrest campaign in the villages of the al-Malikiya area in the countryside of Hasaka targeting young men among the internally displaced to conscript them to serve in the PYD militias. The internally displaced young men and...

A Brazilian meat tycoon who unleashed a political firestorm with claims of wrongdoing by President Michel Temer has now accused the embattled leader of running "the country's most dangerous criminal organization." JBS chairman Joesley Batista caused a major political uproar last month when...