(Zaman Al Wasl)- At least 12 people killed in the northern countryside of Homs province in the past 24 hours as regime stepped up its aerial bombing on rebel-held areas, local reporter said on Tuesday. The regime jets carried out more than 38 raids on al-Houla district and nearby villages...

 Palestinian leaders Tuesday said Britain had rejected their request for an apology for a 1917 declaration that helped pave the way to the state of Israel, adding that they would pursue international court action unless London backtracked. Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas called for...

Ukraine cut electricity to parts of an eastern region controlled by pro-Russian separatists Tuesday, citing unpaid debt – a step the Kremlin said amounted to a rejection by Kiev of breakaway territories. Three years after Moscow annexed the Crimean region, tensions between Ukraine and...

French far-right veteran Jean-Marie Le Pen said on Tuesday his daughter Marine, who faces centrist Emmanuel Macron in a May 7 presidential runoff, should have campaigned more aggressively for Sunday's first round, following the example of Donald Trump. With 7.5 million votes, Marine Le Pen...

The Taliban overran three security checkpoints in Afghanistan's northern Takhar province, killing eight policemen and cutting off a key road and two of the region's districts, an Afghan official said on Tuesday. According to Sunatullah Timor, the provincial spokesman, the attack, which took...

 Ivanka Trump is joining Chancellor Angela Merkel and others in Berlin on Tuesday for talks on encouraging women's economic empowerment on her first international outing as a White House adviser. The one-day visit, at the invitation of the chancellor, gives Merkel and other officials...

 French presidential candidate Emmanuel Macron's political campaign was targeted by a group of Russian hackers last month, according to a report by a cybersecurity research group Tuesday. The Pawn Storm group, which has been linked to several high-profile attacks in the West, used...

 Iraq has launched the third and final phase of work to expand its southern Halfaya oil field, aiming to double its output capacity in 2018 to 400,000 barrels per day, a state-run oil company said. Additional facilities to separate crude oil from associated natural gas will be set up as...

Spanish police in the northeastern city of Barcelona have arrested eight people and raided 12 properties in a sweeping operation against Islamist militants, police said on Tuesday. The detained were all Moroccans aged between 21 and 39, the police said. The investigation and operation...

Air strikes on a rebel-held village in northwest Syria early Tuesday killed 12 people and put a nearby field clinic out of service, a monitor said. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitoring group said a first round of raids, which were likely carried out by Russian jets, targeted...

The United Nations secretary-general and high-ranking government officials from dozens of countries were meeting Tuesday in Geneva to drum up funds for war-torn Yemen, considered one of the world's greatest humanitarian crises. Antonio Guterres and top diplomats from Switzerland and Sweden...

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has threatened to cancel talks set for Tuesday with German Foreign Minister Sigmar Gabriel over the visiting diplomat's plan to also meet rights groups critical of Israel's government. An Israeli official speaking on condition of anonymity confirmed...

After fleeing war in Syria and arriving in America with her family four months ago, for one day Mona Hafez is not a refugee. She is a tourist seeing the sights of New York. “Coming to the park was really fun. Riding the subway was awesome. I love all of New York City,” says the 10-year-old,...

North Korea conducted a big live-fire exercise on Tuesday to mark the foundation of its military, media reported, as a U.S. submarine docked in South Korea in a show of force amid growing concern over Pyongyang's nuclear and missile programs. The port call by the USS Michigan came as a U.S....

The Turkish military has carried out air strikes against Kurdish Workers Party (PKK) militants near Iraq's Sinjar mountains and northeastern Syria to prevent the group from sending weapons and explosives for attacks inside Turkey, it said on Tuesday. The two regions have become "terror...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Abdul Hakim Bashar, the Coalition Deputy Prime Minister, revealed that Russia is trying to form a united delegation of Kurdish to participate in the next round of the Geneva talks. The delegation will include representatives of the Kurdish National Council and the Democratic...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Free Syrian Army unit said Monday it had killed at least 25 regime troops and allied militants near Helfaya, the strategic town in Hama province that fell to regime favor the day before. Jaish al-Izza targeted regime bastions and checkpoints with heavy artillery and Grad...

 (Zaman Al Wasl)- U.S.-led airstrikes killed 11 people from the same family were trying to flee the heavy fighting between Kurdish militia and the Islamic State west of Raqqa city, local monitoring group said Monday. Raqqa Is being Slaughtered Silently said 7 children, brothers and...

Lionel Messi took off his shirt and lifted it high in front of him, boldly displaying his name and number to the stunned crowd at the Santiago Bernabeu Stadium. He stood there for a few seconds, staring at the fans, as if making sure they knew who was really in charge. Messi had just...

Britain welcomed U.S. sanctions against individuals alleged to be connected to the use of chemical weapons in Syria on Monday, saying they were a clear signal "that actions have consequences". Foreign minister Boris Johnson said Britain would support efforts to hold those responsible for...