TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Almost six years ago, Iranians poured into the streets to celebrate Tehran's nuclear deal with world powers. They saw it as a chance for the Islamic Republic to re-enter the world economy and create opportunities like purchasing airplanes and selling its oil on the...

Baghdad International Airport was targeted by unmanned aerial vehicles early Thursday.  According to a statement by the Security Media Cell of the Iraqi Prime Minister’s Office, three drones attacked Camp Victory, a former military installation surrounding the airport that houses...

The Epidemiological Warning Network has recorded 176 COVID-19 cases in northwestern Syria amid fears of a new wave in the opposition-controlled areas.   The total number of cases recorded by the main health monitoring has reached 24,433 as the death toll from COVID-19 is 685. ...

MOSCOW (AP) — A Moscow court is expected Wednesday to outlaw the organizations founded by Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny — part of authorities' efforts to muzzle critics ahead of a crucial parliamentary election in September. Prosecutors have asked the Moscow City Court to...

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — A prominent Iranian presidential candidate said Wednesday he'd be willing to meet with U.S. President Joe Biden if he wins his country's election next week, though “America needs to send better and stronger signals” to the Islamic Republic. Speaking to The Associated...

NEW YORK (AP) — The Associated Press' recent firing of a young reporter for what she said on Twitter has somewhat unexpectedly turned company and industry attention to the flip side of social media engagement — the online abuse that many journalists face routinely. During internal...

When he lost his lower leg to a 2012 bomb in Syria, Ibrahim al-Hussein never imagined he would one day swim in the pool where his Olympic idols broke records. In 2016, he was the flag bearer for a refugee team making its debut at the Rio Paralympics. He is now eyeing a return to competition...

CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — In the global race to vaccinate people against COVID-19, Africa is tragically at the back of the pack. In fact, it has barely gotten out of the starting blocks. In South Africa, which has the continent’s most robust economy and its biggest coronavirus...

Denmark has ordered the deportation of a Kurdish man from Syria as growing official hostility towards refugees living in the Scandinavian country means a new round of expulsions. Isa Kali, who lives in Frederiksvaerk, is among several hundred refugees who have recently been informed by the...

The Syrian military intelligence has arrested Major General Haytham Khaddour, Director of the Fuel Department, after he was caught in a major theft case amounting to millions of dollars, military source told Zaman al-Wasl Tuesday.   More top officers who supervised military gas...

To all the struggles of life in Lebanon — the pandemic, the power outages, the inflation, the punishing financial and political crises — add one more: shortages of crucial medications. But as residents struggle to find the medicines they need, some are finding that their fellow Lebanese are...

Bitcoin is to become legal tender in El Salvador, the country's president said, making it the first nation to adopt a cryptocurrency for everyday use. Lawmakers in the Central American nation's Congress passed a bill late Tuesday that will eventually allow the famously volatile digital...

Iranian women's poor political representation could be set to worsen under an ultraconservative poised to win next week's presidential election. Ebrahim Raisi, who heads Iran's judiciary, is the clear favourite from an all-male field of seven candidates to replace President Hassan Rouhani, a...

apan on Tuesday said it is mulling to vaccinate all volunteers working for Tokyo Olympics set to begin in mid-July. There are about 70,000 volunteers who have registered for the world’s biggest games which were delayed last year until this summer due to the COVID-19 pandemic....

Millions of Algerian voters will cast ballot in the country’s parliamentary elections on June 12 amid strict safety measures to mitigate the spread of the coronavirus pandemic. The vote will be the second since the outbreak of the virus in the North African nation after holding a referendum...

Israel’s security cabinet announced Tuesday that a flag-waving parade planned by far-right groups in occupied East Jerusalem will be held on June 15.  The route of the march will be determined by an agreement between the police and the organizers, it said in a written statement....

Syrian state media reported late Tuesday an Israeli aerial attack near the Syrian capital of Damascus and in the central province of Homs, prompting a response from national air defenses. The Syrian state news agency SANA said the Israeli attacks came from airspace over neighboring...

Thousands of new Covid-19 cases have been recorded in government-held areas after celebrations and gatherings were held for Syria's rigged presidential elections, according to UK-based activist group the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR). Medical sources told the group, which...

A child was killed and others wounded on Tuesday in artillery and missile shelling by Syrian regime forces on Jabal al-Zawiya area in northern Idlib province.   Zaman al-Wasl reporter confirmed that a child died this morning, and two of his two brothers and mother were wounded when a...

A Palestinian human rights network confirmed that 248 Palestinian refugees, including women and children, from the Khan al-Sheeh camp in Damascus countryside were forcibly disappeared by the Syrian regime since the revolution erupted in March 2011.   The Action Group for the...