Two hospitals were damaged and a bakery hit in bombardments of rebel-held eastern Aleppo early on Wednesday, residents said, as Syrian government forces pressed their Russian-backed campaign to retake the whole city. At least six people were killed by artillery shelling in the al-Maadi...

 (Zaman Al Wasl)- The besieged neighborhoods in the eastern Aleppo have been witnessing over the past nine days a violent aerial bombardment campaign by the al-Assad regime and its Russian allies’ warplanes. The two allies have used all kinds of internationally prohibited weapons which led...

Four people, including three policemen, were killed in a shooting attack in Egypt’s restive Sinai Peninsula on Wednesday. Unidentified gunmen opened fire on a microbus in North Sinai’s city of Arish, an Egyptian security source told Anadolu Agency. “Three policemen and the driver were...

The Bulgarian government on Wednesday nominated European Commissioner Kristalina Georgieva to stand for the United Nations Secretary-General post after another candidate, Irina Bokova, dropped in the ranking in the fifth U.N. Security Council secret ballot. The nomination of Georgieva, a...

Police have arrested five people suspected of forming an Islamic State cell and promoting Islamist militancy in Spain, Belgium and Germany, the Spanish Interior Ministry said on Wednesday. Three of them were detained in Spain, two of them in Barcelona and one in the North African enclave of...

Philippine officials said a notorious Chinese drug lord was killed Wednesday in a riot at the national prison that injured four other inmates -- among them a convict sought as a witness in a Senate inquiry into a bloody crackdown on illegal drugs. Local media reported that Tony Co, among the...

South Korea said on Wednesday that 13 automakers will recall some 110,000 vehicles equipped with Takata Corp's (7312.T) defective air bags, the latest development in a long-running safety crisis involving the Japanese company. The United States in May announced a new round of recall of...

While it is difficult to declare a winner, U.S. voters appear to agree Hillary Clinton was not the loser of the first presidential debate. The Democratic nominee and her Republican rival, Donald Trump, took to the stage in New York on Monday night to offer the nation a taste of who they are...

Oil prices rose in mixed trading on Wednesday, after sharp losses in the previous session, as industry data showed a surprise draw in U.S. crude stocks, although worries over a lack of agreement among producers to curb output kept a lid on gains. Brent crude rose 12 cents to $46.09 a barrel...

President Barack Obama hailed Israeli elder statesman Shimon Peres, who died Wednesday, as a friend who refused to give up on the dream of peace, while former president Bill Clinton called him "a genius with a big heart." Obama said Peres' commitment to Israel's security and pursuit of peace...

Former Israeli president and elder statesman Shimon Peres died in Tel Aviv on Wednesday aged 93, Israel Radio said. Peres was hospitalized following a stroke two weeks ago and had made some progress before a sudden deterioration in his condition on Tuesday. An official announcement of the...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- The opposition member and former businessman Maamoun al-Homsi revealed the story behind the pictures circulated by the pro-regime websites and pages on Tuesday evening. In the pictures, al-Homsi appears before a stand selling Arabic coffee and Sahleb (a warm drink). In the...

The U.S. State Department said on Tuesday it was providing an additional $364 million in humanitarian assistance to help Syrians caught up in the country's civil war, bringing total U.S. humanitarian spending for Syria to about $5.9 billion. Assistant Secretary of State for Population,...

(Marca)- For the third straight match Real Madrid were kept from victory as they drew 2-2 with Borussia Dortmund on Tuesday night in Champions League action at the Signal Iduna Park in Dortmund. It marks the third consecutive draw for Los Blancos, who previous had played to a 1-1 final...

Chancellor Angela Merkel stressed Tuesday that EU member states should provide shelter for refugees fleeing terror and civil war, irrespective of their religion or faith. Speaking at a joint news conference with visiting Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak in Berlin, Merkel underlined...

Turkish forces hit dozens of Daesh targets as part of its ongoing Operation Euphrates Shield in northern Syria, military sources said on Tuesday. A Turkish General Staff statement said 30 Daesh targets had been hit with 57 artillery rounds. Turkish airstrikes also destroyed Daesh...

The Philippines’ military said Tuesday that two brothers believed to have been responsible for the abduction of Indonesian and Malaysian sailors as part of kidnap-for-ransom activities with a militant group have been killed. Maj. Filemon Tan Jr., Western Mindanao Command spokesman, said in a...

 (Zaman Al Wasl)- At least 25 civilians have been killed and dozens wounded by regime's and Russian warplanes bombardment, over many neighbourhoods of besieged Aleppo this Tuesday. The Armed opposition has stopped attacks of the regime and supporting militias toward Eastern Aleppo from...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Syrian rebels on Tuesday have seized control of 3 villages in the northeastern countryside of Hama province after heavy clashes with regime forces and militias. Two heavy vehicles were destroyed, in the same time, warplanes stroke the liberated areas many times. A field well...

A French court on Tuesday refused to comply with the request of the Senegalese government concerning the seizure of Karim Wade’s property, son of former President Abdoulaye Wade, a Paris court said. While he was accused of unlawful enrichment by a court in Senegal, the Paris court said it...