Second-seeded Ons Jabeur became the first Arab woman to win a WTA singles title with a 7-5, 6-4 victory over Daria Kasatkina in the Viking Classic final on Sunday. It was also the Tunisian player's first victory against Kasatkina. The fourth-seeded Russian, who was going for her third...

Alaa al-Siddiq, a prominent dissident Emirati rights activist and critic, has died in a car crash in London. Alaa was the executive director of the United Kingdom-based ALQST, a non-profit organisation that advocates for greater freedoms and human rights in the UAE and the wider Gulf region....

AMMAN, Jordan (AP) — Jordan's version of a trial of the century gets under way Monday when a relative of King Abdullah II and a former chief of the royal court are to be ushered into the defendants' cage at the state security court to face charges of sedition and incitement. They are...

CAIRO (AP) — When Libyan security forces rescued her earlier this year, the young Somali woman thought it would be the end of her suffering. For more than two years, she had been imprisoned and sexually abused by human traffickers notorious for extorting, torturing and assaulting migrants like...

(AP) — A driver slammed into spectators Saturday at the start of a Pride parade in South Florida, injuring at least two people. Fort Lauderdale Mayor Dean Trantalis confirmed the crash occurred Saturday evening at the Stonewall Pride Parade in the nearby city of Wilton Manors, WSVN-TV...

A White Helmets volunteer was killed and three fellows wounded Saturday, when Syrian regime forces bombed a Civil Defence center in the Al-Ghab Plain region in the western Hama province.   Zaman al-Wasl reporter said that Daham Al-Hussein, 35, died on Saturday morning, and Ahmed...

  The pro-Syrian regime Al-Watan newspaper said Saturday the Finance Ministry will increase the minimum import prices ​​for 15 commodities.   A number of members of the Damascus Chamber of Commerce said the decision has not yet reached them, but they made it clear that any addition...

MUNICH (AP) — Germany finally clicked into gear at the European Championship, with a little help from defending champion Portugal. The Portuguese became the first team to score two own-goals in one game at the continental tournament, giving the Germans a 4-2 victory on Saturday and ending...

Fled from war and terror to a new country. New language, new school, new challenges. This is especially difficult for children - you might think! But the young finalists of this year's “Colors Bekennen” award of the Berlin Senate Chancellery under the direction of State Secretary Sawsan...

LONDON (AP) — Queen Elizabeth II was smiling broadly as she attended the final day of the Ascot races on Saturday, where environmental protesters urged the monarch to press politicians to act faster against climate change. The 95-year-old queen, a keen racing fan and racehorse owner, has...

The prices of animal feed have risen in the opposition-held areas in northern Syria, taking advantage of the decline in local production as a result of drought and Turkey's prohibition of exporting feed to the foreign market.   In the markets on northern countryside of Aleppo, the...

Ultraconservative cleric Ebrahim Raisi, who was declared Iran's next president Saturday, should be investigated for alleged crimes against humanity and a "spiralling crackdown" on human rights, Amnesty International said. "That Ebrahim Raisi has risen to the presidency instead of being...

Tokyo will cancel all public Olympics viewing events in an effort to reduce the risk of coronavirus infections, the city governor said Saturday. Having postponed the Games for a year because of the pandemic, Japan has already banned overseas spectators -- in an Olympics first -- while...

The Saudi-led coalition in Yemen said Saturday it had intercepted and destroyed an explosive-laden drone fired by Houthi rebels towards Saudi Arabia. A coalition statement said Saudi air defenses destroyed an unmanned explosive-laden drone fired by Houthis towards the southwestern city...

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iran’s hard-line judiciary chief won the country’s presidential election in a landslide victory Saturday, propelling the supreme leader’s protege into Tehran’s highest civilian position in a vote that appeared to see the lowest turnout in the Islamic Republic’s...

More than 15 Syrian-Palestinian refugees were arrested after their return from Europe or neighboring countries to Syria, a Palestinian rights monitoring said Thursday.   Among the detainees, 13 people who were arrested after their return from Lebanon, a refugee after returning from...

Despite the announcement of the defeat of the Islamic State (IS), and despite the numerous campaigns launched by all parties in Syria against it, the terrorist group still poses a threat. At the field level, it seems IS cells resumed their activities in the Syrian desert, known as Badiya....

    Colonel Wassim Hassan, the former director of Sednaya prison, died of a heart attack on Saturday, the Sednaya Prison Detainees and Missing Association said.   The Sednaya slaughterhouse had witnessed during Hassan’s era the execution of at least 500 opposition rebels...

BRUSSELS (AP) — A Belgian court ruled Friday that coronavirus vaccine-maker AstraZeneca had committed a “serious breach” of its contract with the European Union amid a major legal battle over delivery obligations that has tarnished the company’s image. The court ordered AstraZeneca to...

BRASILIA, Brazil (AP) — As Brazil hurtles toward an official COVID-19 death toll of 500,000 — second-highest in the world — science is on trial inside the country and the truth is up for grabs. With the milestone likely to be reached this weekend, Brazil's Senate is publicly investigating...