Turkey "has no eye on the territory of any other country" and its cross border operation in Syria is part of the country’s "right to self-defense" said Chief of General Staff Hulusi Akar on Monday. Speaking at a Veterans' Day ceremony in Ankara, Akar said the Operation Euphrates Shield "is...

A Syrian ceasefire brokered by the United States and Russia was in deep trouble on Monday as a rebel official said it had practically failed and signaled insurgents were preparing for a full resumption of fighting. Already widely violated since it took effect a week ago, the ceasefire came...

Atletico Madrid will try to secure their first win at the Nou Camp since 2006 when they face Barcelona on Wednesday in a heavyweight clash between La Liga title contenders. Real Madrid, who are chasing history in their home game against Villarreal the same day, head the standings by three...

India said on Monday it had the right to respond when and where it chose to a deadly attack on an army base in Kashmir, after blaming Pakistan for the raid that killed 18 soldiers. The assault, in which four gunmen burst into a brigade headquarters in the town of Uri before dawn on Sunday,...

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump's campaign accused the White House of minimizing the threat poised by Islamic State and allowing the danger to increase under Democratic President Barack Obama. "Diminishing the threat the Obama administration has allowed to materialize on its...

On Sept. 1, half a dozen Hamas security officials called at the home of Mohammed Othman, a young journalist in Gaza who had written several probing articles. They seized two laptops, two mobile phones and took Othman away for questioning. Twenty-four hours later, after what he described as...

Authorities have identified a suspect in the Manhattan explosion case as a 28-year-old New Jersey resident of Afghan descent who may be armed and dangerous, New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio said on Monday. The New York Police Department released a photo of Ahmad Khan Rahami, who was wanted...

Turkey’s government ran a budget surplus of 3.6 billion Turkish liras ($1.2 billion) in August and 4.9 billion liras ($1.64 billion) in January-August, said Turkish Finance Minister Naci Agbal on Monday.  “Public finance is the main anchor that the foundation of the solid Turkish...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Lebanon's Minister of Labour Sajaan Qazzi has announced a new era in dealing with Syrian refugees in Lebanon when he said: “Syria for Syrians, and Syrians to go to Syria”, considering that Syrians in Lebanon form pressure and burden on the country. Qazzi expressed that he...

A Palestinian was shot and injured in Jerusalem on Monday morning after allegedly attacking two Israeli police officers with a knife, according to Israeli police sources. One police officer was seriously injured in the alleged knife attack -- which occurred near the Old City of Jerusalem's...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Kurdish National Council announced on Sunday end of hunger strike organized by municipalities of the council during the last week in towns and cities in northern Hasaka in protest of Kurdish Democratic Union Party (PYD) arrest of supporters and leaders of the national council....

China on Monday accused Japan of trying to "confuse" the situation in the South China Sea, after its neighbor said it would step up activity in the contested waters, through joint training patrols with the United States. Ties between Asia's two largest economies have long been overshadowed...

The refugee crisis unleashed by the Syrian conflict has pushed the number of asylum seekers globally to a post-war record high, lifting overall migration flows, the OECD said on Monday. The Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development's 35 member states saw the number asylum seekers...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- The Syrian regime's president Bashar al-Assad issued decree on Sunday exempting chief of Terrorism Court Rida Musa and 5 more judges from their work in the Rirst and Second Terrorism Courts. The decree assigns Judge Ghazi Badir al-Salah as the new chief of the first terrorism...

Indonesia plans to pursue Alphabet Inc's (GOOGL.O) Google for five years of back taxes, and the search giant could face a bill of more than $400 million for 2015 alone if it is found to have avoided tax payments, a senior tax official told Reuters. Muhammad Hanif, head of the tax office's...

Two 20-truck aid convoys destined for eastern Aleppo with enough supplies to feed 185,000 people for a month are still stuck in Turkey, a U.N. spokesman said on Monday, hours after a ceasefire in Syria expired. The U.N. has said it does not have sufficient security guarantees from all sides...

U.N. war crimes investigators on Monday called on European countries to let them interview more newly-arrived Syrian refugees to document fresh violations, saying it had become increasingly difficult. The panel, set up five years ago, says it has compiled a confidential list of suspects on...

Turkey-backed rebels may extend their zone of control in northern Syria by pushing south and were now focused on heading toward the Islamic State-held town of al-Bab, Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said on Monday. Speaking at a news conference before departing for New York where he is due...

Turkish fighter jets destroyed three Daesh targets in northern Syria late Sunday, according to military sources. A weapons depot, a shelter, and the terrorist organization's purported headquarters in Syria's Baragitah/Sandarah regions were destroyed, said the sources, speaking on condition...

Russia, which support's Assad along with Iran, has called on Washington to press the moderate Syrian opposition to separate itself from Islamic State and other "terrorist groups." Iran also condemned the U.S. military action. "Such moves indicate America supports terrorist groups in Syria,"...