Iraq's military backed by air strikes from a U.S.-led coalition on Thursday seized the center of Shirqat, a northern town seen as a stepping stone in the campaign to recapture Mosul from Islamic State. The army, backed by local police and Sunni Muslim tribal fighters, were still clashing...

Britain still faces a "challenging period" for financial stability despite resilience seen after the European Union referendum, and rules for banks must remain stay tight, the Bank of England said on Thursday. Britain's government is keen to ensure London retains its place as Europe's...

Warplanes mounted the heaviest air strikes in months against rebel-held districts of the city of Aleppo overnight, rebel officials and the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said on Thursday. There was no immediate comment from the Syrian military on the reports, or mention of Aleppo air...

The death toll from flooding and landslides triggered by torrential rains has risen to 23 in Indonesia’s central Java island. Willem Rampangilei, National Disaster Management Agency chief, said in a press release Thursday that another 18 people -- including four children -- remain missing....

During the same week as headscarves and Muslim fashion made a stunning debut on the catwalks of New York Fashion Week, women in Spain choosing to don headscarves saw a small victory of their own. Takwa Rejeb, 22, a vibrant tourism student, made headlines across the country when she denounced...

Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif accused nuclear-armed rival India on Wednesday of putting unacceptable conditions on dialogue and said the world would ignore rising tension in South Asia at its peril. Sharif told the annual United Nations General Assembly Pakistan could not ignore...

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan met U.S. Vice President Joe Biden on Wednesday on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly meetings. The White House said in a statement that Biden “reiterated his unshakeable support for Turkish democracy and praised the Turkish people's commitment to...

Writing by Faris Rifai (Zaman Al Wasl)- Aleppo city towards the end of the 1970s and the start of the 1980s appeared like other Syrian provinces a coal burning under the ashes especially after the artillery school incident in 16/06/1979 which led the regime to tighten its grip on every inch of...

One person was shot and gravely wounded on Wednesday in a second night of unrest in Charlotte, North Carolina, officials said, as riot police dispersed unruly protesters after the fatal police shooting of a black man under disputed circumstances. North Carolina's governor later declared a...

Airbus announced Wednesday that the U.S. government has granted it a license to sell the first 17 airplanes involved in a landmark deal with Iran made possible by last year’s nuclear agreement. The announcement comes as Iranian leaders and U.S. officials are gathered this week in New York for...

 U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry demanded on Wednesday that Russia and the Syrian government immediately halt flights over Syrian battle zones, in what he called a last chance to salvage a collapsing ceasefire and find a way "out of the carnage". An impassioned Kerry faced off with...

 The United Nations is gearing up to resume aid deliveries in Syria suspended after a deadly attack on a relief convoy near Aleppo two days ago, officials said on Wednesday. "The preparation for these convoys has now resumed and we are ready to deliver aid to besieged and hard-to-reach...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Syrian regime uses in bombing residential areas in Homs northern countryside and in other recently liberated areas huge bombs carrying umbrellas which land slowly compared to missiles and explosive barrels causing huge destruction. Zaman al-Wasl obtained a photo of one of...

Writing by Ethar Abdulhaq ( Zaman Al Wasl )- The Syrian regime and all media reported that the US-led alliance's warplane has hit a camp for soldiers and officers of the National Syrian Army by mistake in Jabal Tharda in Deir-Ezzor. However, I took the regime 4 days to provide names of...

 (Zaman Al Wasl)- Syrian regime warplanes have killed 8 people in strikes hit the town of Khan Sheikhoun in the northern countryside of Idlib, Civil Defense said. The rescuing group said regime jets two children were among the victims. Khan Sheikhoun has been under constant aerial...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Syrian opposition forces thwarted regime attack on the town of Maerdis in central Hama province, taking captive 20 soldiers and destroying several armored vehicles, local media center said Wednesday. The regime military backed by Shiite militias waged major attack on the town...

 (Zaman Al Wasl)- As Syrian pupils return to schools, the Islamic State has banned children in territory it controls in southern Damascus from going back to schools, restricting the education process to two ISIS-held schools teaching the Islamic Shariah. Zaman al-Wasl reporter said a...

  (Zaman al-Wasl)- A woman have been killed and 20 injured including 3 severe cases by regime warplanes bombing Wednesday on northern Homs countryside with vacuum missiles, Talbiseh hospital reported. On Tuesday, three more people have been killed and 15 more Talbiseh, hours after...

(Zaman al-Wasl)- At least 14 civilians have been killed and 8 more injured in regime aerial bombings on a medical point in Khan Touman town in Aleppo's southern countryside on Thursday, local sources said Wednesday. Zaman al-Wasl reporter in Aleppo said the bombing, most likely by Russian...

An air raid carried out overnight by Syrian or Russian warplanes killed four medical workers and at least nine rebel fighters near Aleppo, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights activist group said Wednesday. The raid hit the town of Khan Touman southwest of Aleppo city, an area controlled by...