Goals from Vinicius Jr. and Karim Benzema plus some top class saves from Thibaut Courtois gave Real Madrid a 2-0 win at Levante Sunday for a third consecutive La Liga victory. Brazilian forward Vinicius, Madrid's match-winner in Wednesday's 1-0 win over Real Valladolid, also gave his side...

The Syrian Network for Human Rights (SNHR) has documented at least 162 cases of arbitrary arrests and detention in September, including two children and six women, noting that it has been the highest record of arrests since the outbreak of COVID-19 pandemic, and that the Syrian regime doesn’t...

Japan's most famous fashion designer Kenzo Takada, founder of the global Kenzo brand, died in Paris on Sunday aged 81 after contracting Covid-19, his spokesman said. Takada, the first Japanese designer to decamp to Paris and known especially for his signature floral prints, died in the...

The head of Saudi Arabia’s Chambers of Commerce has called for a boycott of Turkish products amid reports from merchants that animosity between Ankara and Riyadh is hindering the flow of goods between the two regional powers. Saudi Arabia and Turkey have been at odds for some years over...

The Italian government will likely impose new restrictions on the country in the coming week to try to beat back rising numbers of coronavirus cases, Health Minister Roberto Speranza said Sunday. The cabinet is due to meet Tuesday to decide how to respond to an increase in infections, with...

President Donald Trump's condition is improving as he is being treated for COVID-19 at a military hospital, and he could return to the White House as early as Monday, where his treatment would continue, the doctors leading his treatment said Sunday. Doctors provided Trump supplemental...

The South Pacific archipelago of New Caledonia voted against independence from France on Sunday for the second time in as many years, a provisional final count showed. A surprise “yes” vote would have deprived Paris of a foothold in a region where China is expanding its influence, and...

 Azerbaijan said on Sunday that Armenian forces had fired rockets at its second city of Ganja, killing one civilian and wounding four, and threatened to retaliate by destroying military targets inside Armenia. The developments marked a sharp escalation of the war in the South Caucasus...

Democrat Joe Biden opened his widest lead in a month in the US presidential race after President Donald Trump tested positive for the coronavirus, and a majority of Americans think Trump could have avoided infection if he had taken the virus more seriously, according to a Reuters/Ipsos poll...

Tens of thousands of worshipers have been flooding into Iraq's holy city of Karbala despite the Covid-19 pandemic for the Shiite Muslim pilgrimage of Arbaeen, one of the world's biggest religious gatherings. Arbaeen marks the end of the 40-day mourning period for the seventh-century killing...

Firefighters may get a reprieve from the weather Saturday as red flag warnings of extreme fire danger expire. But the state is still poised to reach a grim milestone: 4 million acres burned this year by wildfires. The state is only about 20,000 acres from reaching the unprecedented figure,...

India passed a grim milestone in its fight against the coronavirus Saturday, with health authorities saying the country has recorded more than 100,000 virus-related deaths since the pandemic began. The announcement from the Health Ministry means that nearly 10 percent of the more than 1...

 Yemenis who were airlifted to Jordan to undergo treatment for critical illnesses earlier this year were brought home Sunday on a flight into the rebel-held capital Sanaa, the United Nations said. Thirty-one men, women and children in dire need of medical care were flown out in...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- State of Siege, a film by the Syrian director Wassim Safadi was lately awarded a special mention at the Gothenburg Arab Film Festival, which was held in Sweden. The festival is defined as a cultural space that knows no borders to explore the Arab identity in the Arab world and...

Sudan’s fragile interim government is sharply divided over normalizing relations with Israel, as it finds itself under intense pressure from the Trump administration to become the third Arab country to do so in short order - after the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain. Washington's push for...

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Sunday he did not particularly wish for the Brexit transition period to end without a new trade deal being in place, but that Britain could live with such an outcome. The transition period ends on Dec. 31 and intensive negotiations are ongoing...

President Donald Trump told Americans from his hospital room that the next few days will be the “real test” of his treatment for COVID-19, after a series of contradictory messages from the White House caused widespread confusion about his condition. In a four-minute video posted on Twitter...

Kuwait's new Emir Sheikh Nawaf al-Ahmad al-Sabah met Sunday with senior US and Iranian officials who separately paid respects over the death of the Gulf Arab state's former ruler. Sheikh Nawaf assumed power after the death last Tuesday of his brother Sheikh Sabah al-Ahmad. The late emir...

Mask-clad Muslims circled Islam's holiest site along socially distanced paths on Sunday, as Saudi authorities partially resumed the year-round umrah pilgrimage amid extensive health precautions after seven-month coronavirus hiatus. Thousands of worshippers entered the Grand Mosque in the...

New daily coronavirus infections in Australia’s hotspot of Victoria climbed back to double digits on Sunday with 12 cases recorded but authorities said the state is on track to be able to ease its social distancing restrictions in coming weeks. The dozen new coronavirus cases follow eight...