Running as an anti-establishment candidate, Donald Trump took the presidential debate stage on Monday night to hammer home his call for sweeping political change and try to win over millions of undecided voters. But the Republican nominee seemed unable to capitalize on his opportunity in...

 By Ethar Abdulhaq (Zaman Al Wasl)- Statistic undertaken by Zaman al-Wasl on the lists of those wanted to complete their mandatory military service, demonstrated that southern Syria and its center are ahead in the percentage of service evaders whereas the coastal areas have the lowest...

Reporting by Manar Abdurazaq (Eqtsad)- Dozens of Syrians have returned from Europe to Turkey for different reasons, even some returned after obtaining the indefinite leave to remain. Most of them return via smuggling routes after enforcing entry visa to Turkey on Syrians. Abo Hashim, a human...

Student protests against tuition fee hikes intensified Monday across South Africa with protesters burning a university residence and clashing with police. University of KwaZulu-Natal spokesman, Lesiba Seshoka confirmed in a statement that protesters had set fire to a reception area of a...

U.K. Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson Monday visited a container city, which shelters Syrian refugees in Turkey's southeastern Gaziantep province. The governor of the Nizip district of Gaziantep, Harun Sarifakioglu told Johnson that Turkey had provided for all the needs of Syrian refugees,...

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry defended his efforts to negotiate with Moscow over the war in Syria on Monday, despite the collapse of a ceasefire that has led to a massive Russian-backed assault on the besieged rebel-held sector of Aleppo. Medical supplies were running out in eastern...

The United States said on Monday it had sanctioned a Chinese industrial machinery and equipment wholesaler, a new step in tightening the financial noose around North Korea's nuclear program after its fifth nuclear test this month. The U.S. Treasury said it was sanctioning Dandong Hongxiang...

Ankara has asked German authorities to find, arrest and hand over two high-profile Gulenists accused of plotting to overthrow the Turkish government. The Turkish embassy in Berlin recently sent a diplomatic note to the German Foreign Ministry and demanded an investigation be launched on the...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Iraqi Shiite militias of harakat al- Nujaba has via a video surface on the internet shown its leader Akram al-Kaabi in his trip to Aleppo via the airport, and his visit to his members fighting by al-Assad.  Al-Nujaba TV channel has broadcasted a song prior to al-Kaabi...

Real Madrid coach Zinedine Zidane denied on Monday there was a rift between him and Cristiano Ronaldo after the team's talisman appeared to react angrily to being substituted in Saturday's 2-2 draw at Las Palmas. Ronaldo's response to being taken off in the 72nd minute of the game has been...

BlackBerry Ltd Chief Executive John Chen said on Monday he was two-thirds of the way toward achieving his goal of turning the Canadian technology company's fortunes around. "We have made investment over a billion-plus, all in software, all in security, and now we need to execute it," Chen...

Only 30 doctors remain in rebel-held eastern Aleppo, where they are in dire need of medical and surgical supplies to treat hundreds of wounded people among a trapped population of 300,000, Syrian doctors said on Monday. At least 40 wounded people in the eight still-functioning hospitals -...

The U.S. saw a moderate bump in violent crime in 2015, but that was far short of recent highs, according to an annual FBI report released Monday. That marks the first uptick in violent crime in three years. The bureau said violent crime rose 3.9 percent year on year, but that figure is...

Jordan and Israel have signed an agreement allowing Jordan’s National Electricity Company to purchase natural gas from Israel’s Leviathan gas-field, Israeli public radio reported Monday. "With this deal, Israel will supply Jordan with about 45 billion cubic meters of gas -- worth a total of...

The French capital's city council voted Monday in favor of banning cars along the right bank of the Seine River as part of an effort to reduce air pollution. Mayor Anne Hidalgo welcomed the “historic decision” as “the end of an urban motorway and the taking back of the Seine". A...

A policeman and an Al-Qaeda leader were both killed in clashes in Yemen’s southern Abyan province, according to a statement issued Monday by police in Aden, which currently serves as the country’s provisional capital. "Security forces raided the village of Lodar [in Abyan] where they clashed...

Residents of Syria's battered city of Aleppo faced worsening food and medical shortages Monday as Syrian and Russian warplanes again pounded rebel-held areas in defiance of international concern. A fresh wave of intensive air strikes hit the city's opposition-controlled east from dawn on...

 (Zaman Al Wasl)- 350 people, third of them rebel fighters, have been evacuated from their last foothold in the besieged al-Waer neighborhood in Homs city on Monday, regime news agency SANA and local reporter said. Zaman al-Wasl reporter said more than 100 fighters were in the group...

Eight soldiers and 25 Boko Haram fighters were killed in two separate encounters in Nigeria’s northeastern Borno state on Sunday as government troops intensified operations to clear the insurgency from the region, according to the military. In the first incident, army spokesman Sani Usman...

At least six people were killed -- including an army officer -- in separate acts of violence throughout Iraqi capital Baghdad on Sunday, a security source told Anadolu Agency. An unidentified sniper opened fire on soldiers manning a security checkpoint in the city’s southern Al-Dora area,...