(Bloomberg)- Gold held its biggest daily increase since June and traded near its highest in almost three weeks as the dollar weakened amid diminishing chances of a U.S. interest-rate rise in September. Bullion for immediate delivery was at $1,349.43 an ounce at 3:16 p.m. in Singapore, after...

A blueprint for a political transition in Syria, due to be presented by an opposition group in London on Wednesday, offers the first credible picture of a peaceful Syria without President Bashar al-Assad, Britain's Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson said. The High Negotiations Committee, the...

WASHINGTON The U.S. is still not considering a no-fly zone in northern Syria as it might not help resolve the broader conflict in the war-torn country, President Barack Obama’s national security advisor said Tuesday. “We do not think a no-fly zone would resolve the fundamental issues on...

Miami Marlins slugger Giancarlo Stanton made a surprise return to the team on Tuesday, working his way back from injuryahead of schedule with a pinch-hit single. Stanton hurt his left groin last month and was expected to need six weeks of recovery, but he was activated in about half that...

A suicide bomb attack on the Chinese embassy in the Kyrgyz capital last week was ordered by Uighur militants active in Syria and carried out by a member of the East Turkestan Islamic movement, Kyrgyzstan's state security service said on Tuesday. The suicide bomber, whose car rammed the gates...

Education is a leading, and hidden, casualty of war, with some 3 million children out of school in Syria alone, said Irina Bokova, a Bulgarian diplomat hoping to become the next head of the United Nations, on Tuesday. World leaders must act to improve education in nations torn by war, Bokova...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Six people have been killed on Tuesday in regime vacuum missiles attacks on northern Idlib province, local activists said. The four missiles that hit Maerdabseh town have also left dozens wounded. The aerial bombing on rebel-held Idlib has targeted Marret al-Numan, Saraqeb,...

Syrian regime helicopters dropped a number of barrel bombs on opposition-held parts of Aleppo’s Sukkeri district on Tuesday, leaving scores of residents injured, according to local civil defense sources. "Regime helicopters dropped barrel-bombs -- some of which contained chlorine gas --...

MasterCard Inc said on Tuesday it had expanded its deal with payment processor PayPal Holdings Inc, which would allow customers to use PayPal's payment services in stores. PayPal's partnership follows a similar deal with MasterCard's larger rival Visa Inc in July as the company looks to...

(Eqtsad)- Najwa recounts her story with displacement which led her to reside in Jadideh town in the outskirts of Damascus, “I fled my original town three years ago. My husband was detained two months after we migrated and I stayed with my three daughters opening our mouths to air.”...

(Reuters) - Jerseys bearing the name and number of San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick were the top-selling jersey on the National Football League's official online store on Tuesday, after he protested racial injustice and police brutality in the United States. Kaepernick...

Translation by Yusra Ahmed (Zaman Al Wasl)- The list that has been circulated to recognise victims of Tartus’s explosions indicated the regime’s neglect of people’s minor rights of privacy and dignity, as the list mentioned details of victims’ underwear. The list that was obtained by Zaman...

  (Reuters) - A German man charged with supporting an Islamist militant group in Syria stayed silent on the first day of his trial in Duesseldorf on Tuesday, though his lawyer told the court that the prosecution was "flying blind" and its witnesses were unfit. Prosecutors said Sven...

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(Zaman Al Wasl)- Supervisors on a UNICEF-supported project within teaching facilities in northeastern Hasaka province have threatened of teacher and applicants for employment of dismissing if they did not participate in the protests against the Turkish operation of Euphrates  Shield in the...

Tajikistan's security services are investigating unspecified threats of action this month purportedly made by a former commander of the Central Asian nation's elite police force who has defected to Islamic State, security sources said on Tuesday. Colonel Gulmurod Khalimov, who has gone...

ANKARA  The PKK and Fetullah Terrorist Organization (FETO) are making joint efforts to create insecurity in southeast Turkey, Food, Agriculture and Livestock Minister Faruk Celik said Tuesday. In remarks made during his meeting with Anadolu Agency's Editor's Desk in Ankara, Celik...

The drumbeat of hammers echoes most mornings through suburban Denver, where Jay Small, the owner of company that frames houses, is building about 1,300 new homes this year. That's more than triple what he built a few years ago, when “you couldn’t buy a job” in the residential construction...

ANKARA The 2018 World Cup qualifier match between Croatia and Turkey ended in a 1-1 draw Monday at the Maksimir stadium in Zagreb. Croatia took the lead in the 44th minute on a penalty kick by Ivan Rakitic who placed the shot into the bottom left corner. In the 48th minute of the...

GAZA CITY, Palestine Israeli forces shelled the northern Gaza Strip early Tuesday after allegedly coming under fire from the blockaded Palestinian territory.  The Israeli military said in a statement its forces came under fire across the border with the Gaza Strip.  “In...