Jordan's top court has dissolved the country's branch of the Muslim Brotherhood, a transnational Islamist movement, an official said Thursday, citing the group's failure to "rectify its legal status". "The Court of Cassation yesterday (Wednesday) issued a final verdict ruling that the...

Spain paid tribute Thursday to the nation's victims of the new coronavirus and workers who put their lives at risk during the worst of the pandemic with a solemn state ceremony in Madrid.  Relatives of around 100 people who died during the pandemic, representatives of medical...

Syria prepared for parliamentary elections to be held Sunday as President Bashar al-Assad marked a second decade in power mired by war, international sanctions and economic woes. The legislative polls, to be held across 70 percent of territory under government control, are the country's...

Azerbaijan and Armenia accused each other of shelling military positions and villages Thursday, breaking a day of ceasefire in border clashes between the two former Soviet republics. Eleven Azeri soldiers and a civilian, and four Armenian servicemen, have died since Sunday in renewed...

Immunity to COVID-19 may decline over months, according to a new study by King’s College University in London. The study, published on the preprint server medRXiv and yet to be peer-reviewed, found that antibodies peaked three weeks after the onset of symptoms before gradually declining...

A military source told Zaman al-Wasl that the Syrian Air Force has received 12 MiG-29SMT fighter jets from Russia early this month. The second batch of Medium Weight Multirole aircrafts was landed in the Russian-held Hmeimim base in Coastal Latakia province where syrian military pilots...

China's economy returned to growth in the second quarter following a coronavirus contraction, with President Xi Jinping promising continued expansion ahead and urging foreign companies to be a part of it. The forecast-beating figures released Thursday follow a string of data showing the...

Israel reached a new daily record of confirmed coronavirus cases, the country's Health Ministry said Thursday, as a new nationwide lockdown to curb the pandemic appeared imminent. Adding to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's troubles, a new economic bailout plan announced by the embattled...

More than 125 million people in India began a new lockdown Thursday as authorities worldwide scramble to get a handle on a surge in coronavirus cases that continues to wreak havoc from America to Asia. The number of infections worldwide hit 13.4 million and more than 581,000 deaths have...

A woman and her two children were killed by an improvised explosive device in southern Daraa province, local news accounts said Thursday. Activists said the IED attack on Wednesday was targeting the woman's brother-in-law who cooperates with the Military Intelligence in Daraa. Her...

Four days after one of his most consummate and memorable triumphs, Lewis Hamilton returns to one of his favourite circuits this weekend with more than another Formula One record in his sights. As he prepares for the Hungarian Grand Prix at the tight and twisty Hungaroring circuit, 25...

Pruning scissors in hand, Syrian pistachio farmer Fadi al-Mahmoud inspected his orchard, hoping for his first harvest after years of war, as nearby army de-miners swept the ground for buried explosives. "I will be fine as long as my orchard is fine," said the 40-year-old, who returned to...

Seven Turkish security personnel have died after their plane crashed into a mountain in the east of the country, state media reported Thursday. The reconnaissance plane crashed into Mount Artos, a dormant volcano in the province of Van, Anadolu news agency reported interior minister...

 At least one person was killed and 11 others wounded late on Wednesday in two Russian airstrikes on the al-Bab region in northern Aleppo province, local activists said.  The wounded people are mostly children and family members, according to Zaman al-Wasl correspondent....

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced on Wednesday a financial aid plan for "all citizens" aimed at rebooting the economy, hard hit by the novel coronavirus pandemic. Families with children will receive one-off payments of between 2,000 and 3,000 shekels ($580-875), while "all...

Activists have launched “Journey of Hope”, a project to treat children suffering from burns in both Turkey and Syrian, starting with the treatment of 4 out of the listed 24 cases as a first stage. The project leader, activist Mohamed Ismail, said that the idea emerged after multiple...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Three people were tested positive for COVID-19 in the southern province of Sweida, a local news site said Wednesday. Sweida24 said the confirmed coronavirus cases were recorded in the eastern countryside of Sweida. Seven more people who were in contact with the...

Tunisian Prime Minister Elyes Fakhfakh resigned on Wednesday, according to two official sources who did not want to be named, after a row with the Islamist-inspired Ennahdha party. Fakhfakh, who is under investigation over allegations of conflict of interest, has had strained relations...

The United States and six Gulf countries imposed sanctions Wednesday on six targets, accusing them of being affiliated with Daesh (ISIS), the US Treasury Department said in a statement. The Treasury said the Terrorist Financing Targeting Center (TFTC) - which also include Bahrain, Kuwait,...

Defense officials in Armenia and Azerbaijan said fighting on their border subsided on Wednesday after several days of deadly clashes raised fears of a major flare-up. At least 16 people on both sides were killed in three days of shelling that started Sunday between the ex-Soviet republics,...