A trove of Saddam-era files secretly returned to Iraq has pried open the country's painful past, prompting hopes some may learn the fate of long-lost relatives along with fears of new bloodshed. The five million pages of internal Baath Party documents were found in 2003, just months after...

Bekaa (Zaman Al Wasl)- A Syrian refugee child has been killed by lightning in the Lebanese Bekaa Valley on Thursday evening, activists told Zaman al-Wasl. Anwar Alaiwi, 6-year-old, was struck by lightning while he was playing with two more children inside the refugee camp in Bar Elias...

The coronavirus tally passed the 8 million mark in Latin America, the region with the most infections in the world, while India reported another record daily jump of 96,551 cases. AMERICAS * The Brazilian state of Bahia has signed an agreement to conduct Phase 3 clinical trials for...

Lebanese firefighters and army helicopters on Friday put out the remains of a huge fire at Beirut’s port that had flared up a day earlier, barely a month after a massive blast devastated the port and the surrounding area. Thursday’s fire, which officials said was sparked by welding during...

United States Secretary of State Mike Pompeo welcomed long-awaited “historic” peace talks between the Afghan government and the insurgent Taliban while on his way to the opening event in Qatar’s capital of Doha, late on Thursday. The United States has been attempting to ease negotiations...

Donald Trump barely mentioned Tim Kaine when he was the Democratic vice presidential nominee in 2016. But four years later, the president has plenty to say about Kamala Harris. Trump said this week that "nobody likes" Harris, feeding into a standard of likability that is applied to women in...

Jordan said a series of massive explosions that rocked the city of Zarqa early on Friday was likely caused by an electric short circuit at a nearby army munitions depot. There were no immediate reports of casualties from the explosions which took place in the desert east of Jordan's...

The Indian and Chinese foreign ministers have agreed that their troops should disengage from a tense border standoff, maintain proper distance and ease tensions in the cold-desert Ladakh region where the two sides in June had their deadliest clash in decades. India’s S. Jaishankar and...

Jordan Thursday confirmed the first three coronavirus cases in the country's largest camp for Syrian refugees, just a few days after discovering two cases in a smaller camp. Two of the cases in the Zaatari camp were Jordanians who worked there and the third was a Syrian woman refugee,...

Syrian air defences thwarted an Israeli attack on Aleppo city, Syrian state television said on Friday. Later, the broadcaster said the army downed several Israeli missiles before they reached their targets in the latest attack Syria said was conducted by Israel. Israeli defence...

A series of large explosions rocked a Jordanian army base outside the city of Zarqa on the northeastern edge of capital Amman, a security source said. It was not immediately clear what caused the explosions in an area where there are dozens of army bases on the outskirts of the sprawling...

Long-delayed peace talks between the Taliban and Afghan government negotiators will begin Saturday in Qatar, officials and the insurgent group announced Thursday. "The Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan would like to declare its readiness to take part in the inauguration ceremony of the...

Israel’s military said on Thursday that one of its drones fell inside Lebanon during “operational activity” along the frontier, while the Lebanese army said it had shot it down. “There is no risk of breach of information,” an Israeli army spokesman said, offering no further details. The...

The number of people who tested positive for the coronavirus in England rose 43% in one week, according to figures released Thursday from the National Health Service. The week ending Sept. 2 saw 9,864 new COVID-19 infections. Overall, 358,138 people in the UK have tested positive, with...

The regime's General Organization of Forensic Medicine declared that it recorded 116 suicides since the beginning of this year, confirming that the numbers exceeded last year’s number, where Syria recorded 124 cases. The state-run Al-Watan newspaper quoted the commission’s director...

The number of Americans filing new claims for unemployment benefits hovered at high levels last week, suggesting the labor market recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic was stalling. The weekly jobless claims report from the Labor Department Thursday, the most timely data on the economy's...

The IMF is ready to "redouble its efforts" to help Lebanon once a new government is in place as the country reels following a massive explosion at Beirut's port, a fund official said Thursday. The country is facing a severe economic crisis after a neglected warehouse full of fertilizer...

A European Union naval vessel Thursday stopped a ship that was carrying jet fuel from the United Arab Emirates to Libya on suspicion it was violating a United Nations arms embargo, EU officials said. The EU military mission, named Irini, is operating in the Mediterranean to stop arms from...

This year's edition of the AFC Cup, Asia's second-tier club competition, has been cancelled amid the COVID-19 pandemic, the continent's governing body for football said in a statement Thursday. The competition, in which teams from more minor nations in Asia participate, had been suspended...

Former world champion Sebastian Vettel has signed for the renamed Aston Martin team for the 2021 season "and beyond", the ambitious British Formula One outfit announced Thursday. The 33-year-old German won four consecutive titles from 2010 to 2013 with Red Bull before joining Ferrari, but...