(Zaman Al Wasl)- Despite his limited physical strength, Ghaith appeared determined to finish the rehabilitation of the road from his home, in the small village of Sadiyya in northeastern Hasal province to his school since municipalities and organizations have been unable to do a thing....

(Zaman Al Wasl)- The Civil Defense has recovered 2436 bodies from under the rubble, including 436 women, since last April, the volunteer organization said Tuesday. Most of the victims lost their lives in air strikes by the Syrian and Russia forces on northwestern Syria, according to the...

At least one person has died in an explosion at a chemical plant in the Barcelona neighborhood of La Verneda, local emergency services said in a tweet on Tuesday. The emergency services said they were coordinating with the fire service and the company to determine what type of products have...

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday opened the door to constitutional changes that would allow him to remain in power until 2036 if he chose to do so, despite saying he had misgivings about the legal amendments. Putin, who in January unveiled a major shake-up of Russian politics and...

The U.N. Special Rapporteur on human rights in Iran said on Tuesday he had asked Tehran to free all prisoners temporarily, saying it is “unfortunate and disturbing” to continue holding political prisoners amid the coronavirus outbreak. Iran’s judiciary chief said on Monday it had...

Greece has violated international and European law by not allowing people to seek asylum, a global human rights group said on Tuesday. “Greece’s decision to detain more than 450 people on a naval vessel and refuse to allow them to lodge asylum claims flagrantly violates international and...

German Chancellor Angela Merkel has met Libyan warlord Khalifa Haftar in Berlin and urged steps to achieve a cease-fire and a political process in the war-torn country, her office said on Tuesday. Merkel’s spokesman Steffen Seibert said in a written statement that the chancellor met Haftar...

Morocco's health ministry said Tuesday the country had recorded its first death linked to the new coronavirus, an 89-year-old woman who suffered from chronic health problems. The woman, a Moroccan citizen who had been living in Italy, "suffered from chronic illnesses affecting the...

An Israeli court Tuesday turned down a request by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to postpone the opening of his corruption trial next week, a published ruling said. The scheduled March 17 trial date looms as Netanyahu and his right-wing allies try to form a government in the face of...

The lack of action by the United Nations after the brutal slaying of the dissident Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi raises questions about the organisation's credibility, his fiancee said. It was high time for the UN -- and individual countries -- to take action against those responsible,...

Venezuela’s opposition on Tuesday will march to downtown Caracas with the aim of regaining control of the national legislature, which was snatched by pro-government lawmakers in January, setting up a showdown with President Nicolas Maduro’s government. National Assembly President Juan...

The Taliban sent vehicles for fighters set to be released by the Afghan government in a prisoner swap expected to be announced on Tuesday, and were ready to honor their side of the deal by handing over 1,000 government troops, militant leaders said. The expected release is part of a deal...

At least a quarter of Iran's oil rigs are out of action as U.S. sanctions strangle the Islamic Republic's vital oil industry, according to a Reuters review of financial documents and industry sources, dealing a potentially long-term blow to its oil industry. The lack of rig activity could...

Saudi Arabia’s energy minister said on Tuesday he does not see a need to hold an OPEC+ meeting in May-June if there was no agreement on what measures should be taken to deal with the impact of the coronavirus on oil demand and prices. “I fail to see the wisdom for holding meetings in...

The Houthi rebel group on Tuesday said it shot down a “spy drone” of the Saudi Arabia-led international coalition in western Yemen. Air defense forces of Houthi rebels destroyed the drone in Al-Tuhaita district in Yemen’s western Al-Hudaydah province, according to the Al-Masirah news...

The global coronavirus outbreak has now infected more than 114,000 people worldwide, according to statistics website Worldometer. The death toll has risen to 4,027 across the world, including 3,136 in China, where the virus outbreak first emerged from the city of Wuhan in last December....

Turkey's military will patrol to the north of a security corridor being set up around a highway in northwest Syria's Idlib province and Russian forces will patrol the southern side, Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said Tuesday. Agreement on the corridor was part of a ceasefire...

Italy imposed unprecedented national restrictions on its 60 million people Tuesday to control the deadly coronavirus, as China signaled major progress in its own battle against the global epidemic. The outbreak, combined with a crash in oil prices, has caused carnage on financial markets,...

Turkey said Tuesday a 2016 migration deal with the EU needs to be updated in light of the crisis in northern Syria, as tensions continued to flare on the Turkish-Greek border after Ankara said it would no longer to stop migrants trying to cross. In an interview with state-owned Anadolu news...

The United States began withdrawing troops from Afghanistan, the U.S. military said Tuesday, taking a step forward on its peace deal with the Taliban while also praising Afghan President Ashraf Ghani's promise to start releasing Taliban prisoners after he had delayed for over a week. The...