Anti-racism groups and other protesters rallied in Paris on Saturday to support victims of police violence after a young black man was allegedly raped with a police baton earlier this month. Paris police installed a security perimeter around Saturday's rally on the Place de la Republique in...

Iraq's U.S.-backed offensive against ISIS in western Mosul could displace up to 400,000 civilians and involve a siege in the densely populated old city, the United Nations' Humanitarian Coordinator for Iraq said on Saturday. The military and security forces last month recaptured the eastern...

U.S. President Donald Trump's defense secretary arrived in the United Arab Emirates Saturday for talks with one of Washington's closest allies in the Middle East. Jim Mattis, on his debut trip to the region as Pentagon chief, was expected to meet Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Sheikh Mohammed bin...

 Kevin Gameiro came off the bench to score a hat-trick in the space of five minutes to fire Atletico Madrid to a 4-1 win over struggling Sporting Gijon in La Liga Saturday that kept them fourth in the standings. Yannick Carrasco had given Atletico the lead 12 seconds into the second...

  (Zaman Al Wasl)- Five people, including four family members, were killed in Daraa province when regime warplanes hit the eastern and western countryside, activists said Saturday. Father, mother and two sons have lost their lives in the village of Om al-Mayathen as regime and Russia...

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov called Saturday for an end to a world order dominated by the West and said Moscow wanted to establish a "pragmatic" relationship with the United States. Lavrov was speaking at the Munich Security Conference shortly after U.S. Vice President Mike Pence...

(The Independent)- Isis’ “business model” is failing as jihadis lose their grip on territory and the vital oil and tax revenue it brings, a new report has found. The so-called Islamic State is believed to be the richest terrorist group in the world, exploiting natural resources and looting...

Syrian warplanes carried out airstrikes in a besieged rebel-held district of Homs Saturday that killed at least two people, adding to a death toll of more than 20 in nearly two weeks of air raids, activists said. Al-Waer, the last rebel-held neighborhood in the western city of Homs, had...

Iran's elite Revolutionary Guard is to conduct military drills next week, a senior commander announced Saturday, despite warnings from the United States and fresh sanctions over a ballistic missile test. "The manoeuvres called 'Grand Prophet 11' will start Monday and last three days,"...

 (Zaman Al Wasl)- The task command of Russia's Hemeimem military air base said Saturday the Russian fighter jets had targeted the southern province of Daraa with 340 raids in the past 5 days. In a statement posted on the base official Facebook page, Russia said “our bombers carried out...

The U.S.-led military coalition Saturday said its forces struck a building in the main medical complex of western Mosul, suspected to house an ISIS command center. The strike, carried out Friday, follows reports that the militants are dug in among civilians on the western side of Mosul and...

Turkish authorities detained 26 people over a car bomb attack in the southeastern town of Viransehir, the provincial governor's office said Saturday. A vehicle loaded with explosives was remotely detonated late Friday in the garden of a housing complex for judges and prosecutors, killing a...

U.S. Vice President Mike Pence Saturday sought to assure allies that the Trump administration will back NATO and stand with Europe even as it looks for new ways to cooperate with Russia. In the first major foreign policy address for the new administration of President Donald Trump, Pence...

(Al-Monitor)- When talking to the Russians, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan emphasizes Syria's territorial integrity and a peaceful resolution to that country's civil war. When talking to the Americans, Erdogan advocates a US-Turkish partnership that will also include a buffer zone. When...

Handcuffed and tied with white rope, the scion of one of the world's biggest conglomerates, Samsung Group, was taken Saturday for questioning by South Korean authorities after spending a night in a small detention cell. Samsung Group chief Jay Y. Lee was arrested on Friday for his alleged...

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte said he will review his minister's order to close more than half the country's mines for environmental violations, following an outcry from affected producers. "I will review. There's such a thing as exhaustion of administrative remedies," Duterte said in...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- National Movement for al-Jazira Sons said that United States admitted using 5000 depleted Uranium in Deir ez-Zor and Hasaka which might explain the notable increase of congenital disorders during the past years. Dr. Nidal al-Barhou, member of the movement, expressed worry...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Turkish charity organization, IHH, received a ten-year-old Syrian child Abdulbasit Satouf on Friday, a day after deadly airstrikes on northern Idlib province killed his mother and sister and left his two legs cut. The distressing footage of Abdulbasit released...

China has told Japan that "negative" moves by Tokyo on major issues are preventing an improvement in bilateral ties, but there are now opportunities to improve China-Japan relations. Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi told his Japanese counterpart Fumio Kishida during a meeting in Germany that...

Malaysian police said on Saturday they had arrested a North Korean man in connection with the murder of Kim Jong Nam, the half brother of the North Korean leader Kim Jong Un. The man was identified as Ri Jong Chol, born in 1970. He was arrested on Friday night in Selangor state, the police...