A bomb exploded on a main thoroughfare on the outskirts of the Bahraini capital Manama on Sunday damaged several cars but caused no injuries, in what the interior ministry described as a "terrorist" act. There have been increased protests in the Sunni Muslim-ruled kingdom after the...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- US-led coalition airstrikes killed 10 Islamist rebels fighting under the banner of Haya't Tahrir al-Sham, new alliance including former al-Qaeda group, local activists said Sunday. The aerial bombing targeted the northern town of Sarmin less than 48 hours since suspected...

The U.S. Justice Department filed an appeal late Saturday to restore President Donald Trump's immigration order barring citizens from seven mainly Muslim countries and temporarily banning refugees, even as travelers raced to enter the country while the ban was lifted. The government moved to...

 (Zaman Al Wasl)- Turkey-backed Free Syrian Army took al-Bazza’a village from the Islamic State near al-Bab city, the last stronghold for group in Aleppo province, local reporter said Sunday. The FSA advance come as Turkish warplanes pound ISIS bastions in the strategic city. On Thursday,...

Eleven suspects having links to the New Year's Eve terror attack on an Istanbul nightclub appeared in court late Friday, a judicial source said. The Istanbul Courthouse ordered the suspects including the suspected nightclub attacker Abdulgadir Masharipov's wife Zarina Nurullayeva to be...

A total of 422 migrants were intercepted by Turkish police over the last week en route to Greek islands, the Interior Ministry said on Saturday. According to a statement, the operations were carried out between Jan. 27 and Feb. 3. Coast Guard patrols apprehended 56 migrants offshore trying to...

(Eqtsad)- Islamic State has blocked food supply route to the western neighborhoods in Yarmouk refugee cam south of the capital, making the already severe living condition of 350 people harder, residents said. ISIS has closed the only remaining humanitarian route to the neighborhoods of...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Powerful Jaish al-Islam group on Saturday has thwarted regime offensive in the embattled Eastern Ghouta suburbs near Damascus, local monitor said. The multi-axes attack took place in Hosh Nasri, Hosh al-Dhawahra and al-Marj district, according to Douma Local Coordination. In...

(Washington Post)- A U.S. commando raid in Yemen that set off a fierce firefight revealed the growing strength of an al-Qaeda affiliate that has targeted both the United States and Europe in recent years. Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula, or AQAP, as the branch is known, had collected...

A top rebel commander in eastern Ukraine was killed when his automobile exploded, along with another person, rebels said Saturday, blaming Ukraine's special services for the blast. Ukraine's military, meanwhile said three soldiers were killed in shelling over the past day. Fighting...

Mourners held a ceremony at Tunisia's main airport on Saturday to receive the body of a Tunisian-born victim of the January 29 attack on a Quebec mosque. Boubaker Thabti was among six men killed when a far right-wing student stormed into a mosque in Quebec City during evening prayers and...

The Jordanian air force conducted air strikes against ISIS targets in southern Syria on Saturday night, hitting an ammunition depot, a car bomb factory and a barracks, the Jordanian military said in a statement. "The operation resulted in killing and wounding a number of members of the...

 Eden Hazard scored a sublime solo goal as Premier League leaders Chelsea thrust a dagger into Arsenal’s title aspirations with a 3-1 victory at Stamford Bridge on Saturday. The Belgian winger left a trail of defenders in his wake to double Chelsea’s lead in the 53rd minute, in between...

Citizens of seven mainly Muslim countries who were banned from the United States by President Donald Trump can resume boarding U.S.-bound flights, the U.S. government said on Saturday, after a Seattle judge blocked his executive order. The ruling gave hope to many travellers and sent...

(Washington Post)- On the evening of Saturday, Jan. 28, as airport protests raged over President Trump’s executive order on immigration, the man charged with implementing the order, Homeland Security Secretary John F. Kelly, had a plan. He would issue a waiver for lawful permanent residents,...

Donald Trump has reacted angrily to the legal block of his ban on refugees and immigrants from seven majority-Muslim countries entering the US. The President said the temporary suspension of his executive order, enacted by a federal judge in Seattle, could lead to "big trouble". He branded...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- State-run TV said a reconciliation dead to be reached between the Druze dominated villages of Beit Saber and Beit Tima,  and the surrounding villages in Mount Hermon after deep discords. Activists have accused the regime of pushing the villages of Jabal al-Sheikh to...

US President Donald Trump was to hold his first talks with Ukraine's leader on Saturday as a surge in fighting killed dozens refocusing world attention on the conflict in Europe's backyard. The phone conversation comes as the death toll hit 35 following a week of clashes between Ukrainian...

Refugee resettlement organizations are bracing for significant funding cuts and possible layoffs over the coming months during President Donald Trump's temporary refugee ban. The agencies receive a certain amount of federal dollars per refugee they help resettle, which means they would lose...

Russian hackers accused of trying to meddle in the recent US elections have tried to infiltrate Dutch ministries among hundreds of cyber attacks ahead of next month's polls here, reports said Saturday. Two Russian groups were behind phishing attempts to pinch the credentials of government...