Vladimir Putin is considering running for a new term as Russia's president if voters approve constitutional changes that would enable him to do so, Russian news agencies quoted him as saying in an interview Sunday. Russia will hold a nationwide vote from June 25 to July 1 on proposed...

Morocco will further loosen lockdown measures for the services sector and domestic transport starting June 24, the government said Sunday. Cafes, restaurants, sports clubs, and other services and entertainment businesses will be able to resume activity at half capacity except in the...

Passengers wearing masks and wheeling suitcases arrived at Madrid's main airport Sunday as Spain opened its borders to most European countries and ended a state of emergency imposed to contain the coronavirus. Spain's borders are now open to all European Union countries except Portugal, as...

Yemeni separatists funded by the United Arab Emirates Saturday took control of military and police camps in Yemen's Socotra archipelago, a UNESCO World Heritage site, security officials said. By day's end the separatist militia had taken control of most of the remote province from forces of...

Chinese researchers have started a second phase human trial of a possible coronavirus vaccine, the Institute of Medical Biology at Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences (IMBCAMS) said Sunday, in efforts to further assess effectiveness and safety. About a dozen vaccines are in different stages...

Iraqi football legend Ahmed Radhi died Sunday from complications linked to COVID-19, the health ministry said, just hours before he was to be flown for treatment in Jordan. Radhi, 56, scored what remains Iraq's only World Cup finals goal in 1986 against Belgium. He had been hospitalised...

Skywatchers along a narrow band from west Africa to the Arabian Peninsula, India and the Far East witnessed Sunday a dramatic “ring of fire” solar eclipse. So-called annular eclipses occur when the Moon—passing between Earth and the Sun—is not quite close enough to our planet to completely...

When Jacqueline Shahada was blinded in one eye during a Palestinian demonstration along the Gaza border, she never thought she would lose her husband and children too. It was November 2018 and like every Friday for more than six months, thousands of Palestinians gathered along the...

Saudi Arabian Mining Co (Ma’aden) said on Sunday that its phosphate subsidiary is rescheduling and refinancing about $4.1 billion in debt. The subsidiary, Ma’aden Wa’ad Al Shamal Phosphate Company, will reschedule 6.7 billion riyals ($1.8 billion) owed to Saudi Arabia’s sovereign wealth...

Four-month-old Abdul Rahman, propped up on pillows on a blue blanket in his family’s tent. Two-year-old Walid, striking a boxer’s pose in the center of the mat. Nine-year-old Ranim, who has never known peace, her bare feet poking out from beneath an embroidered red dress. Nine photos of...

At least three people were killed late Saturday in a "terror-related" stabbing in the English town of Reading, according to local media. Thames Valley Police said a male suspect is in custody following the attack in Reading’s Forbury Gardens shortly after a Black Lives Matter protest....

China's capital reported 22 new cases of the coronavirus on Sunday after a mass testing effort that has collected more than two million samples in a race to contain a new outbreak. The fresh cluster in Beijing has raised fears of a resurgence of the virus in China, which had largely brought...

Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi on Saturday said his country has a legitimate right to intervene in neighbouring Libya and ordered his army to be ready to carry out any mission outside the country, if necessary. Sisi’s comments came amid high tensions over regional rival Turkey’s...

As governments scramble to curb to the novel coronavirus pandemic within their borders, hundreds of thousands of people displaced due to humanitarian crises across the world have been left to fend for their own health during the outbreak. This year, the World Refugee Day may thus have...

The Libyan army on Saturday denounced remarks of the Egyptian president, who said Sirte and Jufra in Libya are “a red line," calling it "a clear declaration of war and a blatant interference" in Libyan affairs. This came in a statement by Abdel-Hadi Darah, a military spokesman of Path...

At least four civilians, including children, were injured Saturday when a bomb-laden vehicle exploded in the opposition-held city of Afrin in northern Syria.  In Afrin’s city center, a bomb planted in a parked car exploded, a security source told Anadolu Agency. The attack...

Tulsa police say they have arrested a woman who was inside a secure area outside an arena set to host President Donald Trump’s first campaign rally during the coronavirus pandemic. The woman was seen Saturday on live video sitting cross-legged on the ground in peaceful protest when...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Russian warplanes carried out two airstrikes on opposition areas in northern Idlib province, local reporter said Saturday. The strikes targeted the town of Kafr Owayeid in Jabal al-Zawiya region. No casualties reported. Also, the regime artillery has pounded an...

Lebanon is currently the home to some 900,000 refugees who have fled Syria’s bloody civil war. But after Lebanon’s economy crashed late last year and the country was hit by the coronavirus crisis, the refugees are struggling even more to put food on the table. FRANCE 24’s Leila Molana Allen...

Egypt’s president Saturday warned that an attempt by Turkey-backed forces in Libya to attack the strategic city of Sirte would cross a “red line" and trigger a direct Egyptian military intervention in the conflict. Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi, in televised comments, said that Egypt could...