The timing of President Donald Trump's impeachment trial could come into clearer focus on Friday when House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is expected to take questions about her next steps at a morning news conference at the U.S. Capitol. The Democratic-led House of Representatives voted...

Israel Friday released the Lebanese shepherd that was abducted Tuesday by a military patrol from inside Lebanese territory.

NATO is ready to contribute to security building in Libya once conditions allow, Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said Thursday. Speaking at a news conference, the NATO chief said that he welcomed a Libyan cease-fire. "We have seen the presence of fighter jets and mercenaries financed...

The Saudi-led coalition fighting Houthis in Yemen said on Friday it had intercepted and destroyed three explosive-laden drones launched by the Iran-aligned Houthi movement towards Saudi Arabia, state media reported. The coalition said the drones were launched from Yemen's port city of...

GSM operators in Turkey -- Turkcell, Turk Telekom, and Vodafone -- have joined hands for a local messaging app named Bip. After WhatsApp's new privacy policy rules forced users to accept sharing personal data with Facebook companies, several Turkish users have switched to alternatives, such...

Turkey remanded in custody a Daesh/ISIS terrorist accused of providing explosives in two deadly bombings in Istanbul and Sanliurfa, security sources said on Friday. Turkish security and intelligence teams worked jointly to arrest Daesh/ISIS terrorist Azzo Halaf Suleyman Al Aggal on Jan. 12...

The Syrian National Army (SNA) on Thursday thwarted an infiltration attempt by the Bashar Assad regime and Russian forces on the front lines south of Idlib in northwestern Syria. The forces carried out a late-night infiltration operation in the Hama countryside, according to sources in the...

Arab normalisation with Israel is expected to have serious consequences that go well beyond the limited and self-serving agendas of a few regional countries. Thanks to the Arab normalisers, the doors are now flung wide open for new political actors to extend or cement ties with Israel at the...

Syria has called on the UN Security Council to assume its responsibilities and take "strict and immediate" action against Israel's repeated air strikes on its neighbour. "The Israeli aggression on Syria coincided with the terrorist acts committed by Al-Qasd militia fighters [Syrian...

Saudi Arabia's Foreign Minister Faisal bin Farhan on Thursday denounced Iran's "interventions" in the Middle East region, after a meeting with his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov, Reuters reports. Speaking at a joint news conference in Moscow with Lavrov, broadcast on Saudi TV, the Saudi...

German authorities on Friday gave immediate permission for work to resume on a subsea pipeline bringing natural gas from Russia The decision by the Federal Maritime and Hydrographic Agency can be appealed, meaning there could be another halt to the construction on the Nord Stream 2 project,...

Iran’s paramilitary Revolutionary Guard forces on Friday held a military exercise involving ballistic missiles and drones in the country's central desert, state TV reported, amid heightened tensions over Tehran’s nuclear program and a U.S. pressure campaign against the Islamic Republic. In...

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump’s historic second impeachment could go to trial as soon as Inauguration Day, with U.S. senators serving not only as jurors but as shaken personal witnesses and victims of the deadly siege of the Capitol by a mob of his supporters. Trump is the only...

What should I know about COVID-19 vaccines if I’m pregnant? Vaccination is likely the best way to prevent COVID-19 in pregnancy, when risks for severe illness and death from the virus are higher than usual. The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists says COVID-19...

BEIRUT (AP) — It was a choice between containing a spiraling virus outbreak and resuscitating a dying economy in a country that has been in steady financial and economic meltdown over the past year. Authorities in Lebanon chose the latter. Now, virus patients struggling to breathe wait...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. government announced Wednesday that it will halt imports of cotton and tomatoes from the Uighur region of China in its most sweeping action yet to pressure the Communist Party over its campaign against ethnic minorities. Officials said Customs and Border Protection...

Jordan on Thursday began vaccinating the first group of Syrian refugees living in Zaatari camp. 43 elderly refugees received China's Sinopharm vaccine at a vaccination centre in Mafraq city, 70 km east of the capital Amman. 2000 refugees living in Zaatari camp have been...

The head of the Syrian opposition’s Negotiation Commission said Wednesday the economic hardships and the lack of security must drive the international community, allies and the UN to accelerate the political process forward and implement Resolution 2254 in a swift and effective manner....

Lebanon’s coronavirus vaccine drive will include 33 or 34 vaccination centers across Lebanon, which are being prepared under stringent criteria.

LONDON: People who have had COVID-19 are highly likely to have immunity to it for at least five months, but there is evidence that those with antibodies may still be able to carry and spread the virus, a study of British healthcare workers has found. Preliminary findings by scientists at...