TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran’s parliament speaker said Sunday that international inspectors may no longer access surveillance images of the Islamic Republic’s nuclear sites, escalating tensions amid diplomatic efforts in Vienna to save Tehran's atomic accord with world powers. The comments...

HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — Zimbabwe's tobacco is flourishing again. And so are the auctions where premium prices are being paid for the “golden leaf” that is exported around the world. Most of the growers are Black, a historic change from when tobacco was largely produced by white farmers....

Israeli forces rounded up 50 Palestinians in raids across the occupied West Bank, the Palestinian Prisoner Society said on Saturday. The NGO, however, did not give details about the accusations against the detainees. On Wednesday, the NGO said more than 1,800 Palestinians have been...

At least 170 Palestinian journalists were injured and 33 media organizations bombed during Israel’s military onslaught on the Gaza Strip, according to the Palestinian Journalists Syndicate (PJS). “The offices of 33 media organizations were destroyed during the Israeli offensive on...

MADRID (AP) — When the final whistle blew, Diego Simeone broke out into a broad smile, laughed and breathed a sigh of relief. A few moments later, Luis Suárez was sitting on the field weeping profusely while on a video call. After a seven-year wait — and a dramatic final round —...

President of the Syrian Opposition Coalition (SOC) Nasr al-Hariri, sent a letter to 75 states and seven international organizations regarding the illegal elections that the Assad regime intends to conduct in the coming days. Al-Hariri said: “The Assad regime announced the 26th of May as...

 Muhammad Youssef came to Turkey seven years ago from Syria with his wife and two children, and a third child is on the way and will be granted Turkish citizenship. "Turkey saved our lives. It accepted us when we had nowhere to go in our land, so we are grateful," the 33-year-old Syrian...

Three Syrian civilians, including a child, were shot by Turkish soldiers on Friday evening in the northwestern province of Idlib. A Turkish soldier at a guard post near the Al-Karamah camp for internally displaced people shot a child who was grazing sheep, a source in the camp told The...

Opposition activists in southern Syria have expressed concern about the renewal of a “displacement scenario” to the north, following the evacuation of dozens of people upon an agreement between the regime and Russian-backed opposition forces. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights...

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. special envoy for Libya warned the Security Council on Friday that progress on the key issue of withdrawing mercenaries and foreign fighters from Libya has stalled and their continued presence is a threat not only to Libya but to the entire African region....

BEIRUT (AP) — Ever since their last war in 2006, Israel and Lebanon’s powerful Hezbollah militia have constantly warned that a new round between them is inevitable. Yet once again, a potential trigger has gone unpulled. Hezbollah’s shadow loomed large during Israel and Hamas’ two-week...

NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — Cyprus has asked the European Union to act swiftly to stop boats loaded with migrants from leaving Syria’s port of Tartus, saying the east Mediterranean island nation is saturated and can’t take in any more. Interior Minister Nicos Nouris said Friday that EU member...

The Iraqi government for the first time is expected to bring home about 100 Iraqi families from a sprawling camp in Syria next week, a move that U.S. officials see as a hopeful sign in a long-frustrated effort to repatriate thousands from the camp, known as a breeding ground for young...

BOSTON (AP) — A letter written by Albert Einstein in which he writes out his famous E = mc2 equation has sold at auction for more than $1.2 million, about three times more than it was expected to get, Boston-based RR Auction said Friday. Archivists at the Einstein Papers Project at the...

 Palestinians rallied by the thousands Friday after a cease-fire took effect in the latest Gaza war, with many viewing it as a costly but clear victory for the Islamic militant group Hamas. Israel vowed to respond with a “new level of force” to further hostilities. The 11-day war left...

While the Biden administration is still in the midst of a policy review of the Middle East, Russia has intensified its military deployments in Syria, in particular the northeast, to weaken the influence and interests of the US in the war-torn country. Russian troops recently blocked an...

Bashar al-Assad has appointed new commanders for  the Fourth Corps, Special Forces and the Navy, a military source told Zaman al-Wasl on Friday.   Maj. Gen Ramadan Ramadan was appointed as commander of the 4th Corps and the head of the security and military committee in the...

Moscow has said it will only allow aid to enter Syria through regime-controlled border crossings, despite warnings from the UN it could lead to a humanitarian disaster. US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken has urged his Russian counterpart Sergey Lavrov to secure the entry of...

Thousands of people in the Gaza Strip and across the occupied Palestinian territory poured into the streets to celebrate a ceasefire between Israel and Palestinian armed groups. The ceasefire, which was  welcomed  internationally, was brokered by Egypt in the early hours of Friday...

The Syrian Central Bank has eased restrictions on foreign exchange dealers inside Syria despite laws prohibiting use of dollars for trade and commercial activities.   Mohamed al-Hallaq, secretary of the Federation of Syrian Chambers of Commerce, said that the governor of the...