Israel was poised to swear in a unity government Sunday after three elections, more than 500 days of limbo and a delay on the home stretch, as the country hopes to end the longest political crisis in its history. The coalition government was agreed last month between veteran right-wing...

Who got married? Who had a baby? Have we lost anyone? Through crackling internet lines and jumpy connections, a group of Syrian students recently reunited after nearly two years, recreating their English language classes and their small community online from pockets of opposition-held...

Canada's parliament has gone virtual through the pandemic, assembling MPs across six time zones and giving a rare peek at Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's bookcase, a deer head and a stifled opposition. Every Tuesday and Thursday over the past month 338 Canadian MPs logged into Zoom from...

Former US President Barack Obama on Saturday criticized the response to the COVID-19 pandemic ravaging America, in what was widely regarded as a rare public rebuke of his successor Donald Trump. His remarks came as he spoke at two virtual commencements for high school and university...

A Libyan military airstrike Saturday destroyed the air defense system of warlord Khalifa Haftar on the Al-Watiya airbase southwest of the capital. The strike destroyed the Russian-made Pantsir type system that was recently supplied by the United Arab Emirates, according to the...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- A huge fire broke out at a camp for Syrian displaced in northern Idlib province, destroying 25 makeshift tents, Civil Defence said Saturday. The blaze took hold at the Sadaqa camp at the Turkish border.  No casualties were reported. Another fire flared up on...

The total number of recoveries from coronavirus in Turkey rose to 108,137, with active cases dropping to 35,834, the country’s health minister said on Saturday. The death toll from the pandemic rose to 4,096 as the country reported 41 new fatalities over the past 24 hours, Fahrettin...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- The Syrian regime and militant Tahrir al-Sham group have made a prisoner swap in northern Aleppo province, local activists said Saturday.  The regime army released three members of the Tahrir al-Sham and a member of Ahrar al-Sham Movement. In return, the...

Thousands marched in Bosnia on Saturday to protest against a Mass being held to honour Croatia's Nazi collaborators and civilians killed after World War II. The annual service, usually held in Austria at the site of the Croatian regime's last stand, was moved to Sarajevo because of...

Germany's Bundesliga football league returned to action in empty stadiums on Saturday, as swimmers dove into the waves at newly reopened beaches in France, Italy and Greece after coronavirus lockdowns were eased. The reopenings are a tentative step towards a return to normality in some...

Iran on Saturday reported 35 new deaths from the coronavirus -- the lowest number since March 7 despite infections rising -- and announced a further relaxation of COVID-19-related closures. "Despite the unfortunate loss of 35 of our compatriots in the past 24 hours, this number is the...

At least 30 Indian migrant workers were killed Saturday in road accidents as they tried to get to return to their home villages during a nationwide coronavirus lockdown, officials said. The accidents, in central and northern India, were the latest involving some of the millions of...

French police on Saturday arrested one of the last key suspects in the 1994 Rwandan genocide, describing him as its "financier" and one of the world's most wanted fugitives. Felicien Kabuga, once one of Rwanda's richest men, was living under a false identity in the Paris suburbs, the...

Italy's government on Saturday approved a decree which will allow travel to and from abroad from June 3, in a major development as it moves to unwind one of the world's most rigid coronavirus lockdowns. The government will allow free travel across the country from that same day. Some...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Russia has pledged to halt any regime offensive in southern Daraa province if armed groups halt attacking regime army personnel and if Russian military police start patrolling in the cradle of Syrian revolution, sources told Zaman al-Wasl Saturday. Representatives of...

Beijing has urged the United States to stop the "unreasonable suppression of Huawei and Chinese enterprises" after Washington announced new export controls to restrict the tech giant's access to semiconductor technology. The latest restrictions on the world's second-largest smartphone...

From anger over lockdown measures to a purported vaccine plan by Bill Gates: a growing wave of demonstrations in Germany by conspiracy theorists, extremists and anti-vaxxers has alarmed even Chancellor Angela Merkel. Initially starting as a handful of protesters decrying tough...

As the World Health Organization prepares to host its main annual meeting next week, fears abound that US-China tensions could hamper the strong action needed to address the COVID-19 crisis. The UN health agency, which for months has been consumed by the towering task of trying to...

 (Zaman Al Wasl)- Crop fires have burned more than 300 hectares in northeastern Syria, including areas under Turkish army control, local activists told Zaman al-Wasl. A massive fire flared up early Friday in an array of villages in Turkish-held Ras al-Ayn region north of Hasakah...

The British government on Friday said no exemption has been granted to French travellers arriving in the UK from proposed new two-week quarantine rules. In an apparent step back from a previous position -- announced at the weekend -- London said there was no "French exemption"....