Iran's supreme leader said Tuesday it is a "religious duty" for people to vote in this week's general election and strengthen the Islamic republic against the "propaganda" of its enemies. "Participating in elections and voting... is a religious duty, not just a national or revolutionary...

Jeff Bezos, the CEO of the e-commerce giant Amazon, announced the launch of Bezos Earth Fund and promised $10 billion donation for fighting against climate change. "I want to work alongside others both to amplify known ways and to explore new ways of fighting the devastating impact of...

Amid ongoing clashes in Syria's northwestern Idlib province, a senior Turkish politician demanded opposing countries withdraw behind previously agreed-upon lines. "The party countries in Idlib should immediately retreat to the locations where they should be, and the cease-fire should...

The second round of the Russian-Turkish consultations, aiming to ease the tense situation in the Syrian province of Idlib started in Moscow on Tuesday. The Russian delegation led by Presidential envoy for Syria Sergey Vershinin, and Turkish delegation headed by Deputy Foreign Minister Sedat...

European Union finance ministers added Panama, the Seychelles, the Cayman Islands and Palau to the bloc's blacklist of tax havens, while giving more time to Turkey to avoid listing despite shortfalls, an EU document said Tuesday. The list, which was set up in 2017 after revelations of...

Iran said Tuesday that a German held in Iran has been released as part of a prisoner swap for an Iranian held in Germany on suspicion of violating US sanctions. "We announced that we are ready to (release) this German national... on condition that they (the Germans) do not extradite our...

A policeman was killed and two others wounded Tuesday by a roadside bomb aimed at polio vaccination workers in Pakistan's restive northwest, officials said. The attack came a day after Islamabad launched a nationwide anti-polio drive, aiming to immunise tens of millions of children in...

Confrontation with America, economic hardship and an airline tragedy have battered Iranians’ confidence in their leaders, posing a potential problem for the authorities in a parliamentary election this week. As the Feb. 21 vote nears, Iranians are in a gloomy mood, exhausted by a succession...

Turkish prosecutors on Tuesday ordered the arrest of nearly 700 people, including military and justice ministry personnel, state media said, intensifying moves against a network accused of orchestrating a 2016 coup attempt. Authorities have carried out a sustained crackdown on alleged...

The Trump administration is considering changing U.S. regulations to allow it to block shipments of chips to Huawei Technologies from companies such as Taiwan's TSMC, the world's largest contract chipmaker, two sources familiar with the matter said. New restrictions on commerce with China's...

Apple is to miss its revenue forecast for the March quarter due to the coronavirus epidemic, the US tech giant said Monday, warning that iPhone supplies worldwide would also be impacted, underlining the economic cost of the health crisis. The COVID-19 virus death toll now exceeds 1,800 in...

President Nicolas Maduro on Monday said he is "not afraid of military combat," accusing his US counterpart Donald Trump of plotting to invade Venezuela with the support of regional allies. "We don't want war; we don't want violence; we don't want terrorism, but we are not afraid of military...

The World Health Organization has warned against a global over-reaction to the new coronavirus epidemic following panic-buying, event cancellations and concerns about cruise ship travel, as China's official death toll neared 1,900 on Tuesday. More than 72,000 people have now been infected...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- A military source has revealed the location of mass grave containing about 6000 bodies of opposition fighters, activists and detainees northeast of Damascus. The heavy-guarded cemetery is located in a military zone near Baghdad Bridge at the Damascus-Latakia highway....

(Zaman Al Wasl)- The Russian Wagner paramilitary organization has been recruiting Syrians since last January to fight alongside General Khalifa Haftar in Libya, a local news site said Sunday. Suweida 24 has obtained information and documents prove that the Syrian National Youth Party is...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- The Turkish-backed rebels have killed at least 40 regime troops in Idlib and western Aleppo, sources said Monday. The heavy Turkish artillery barrages and rebels rockets hit five army bastions near of al-Nayrab airbase east of Idlib,.     The fierce...

Russian and Turkish delegations discussed the tense situation in the northwestern Syrian province of Idlib in Moscow on Monday. The talks will also continue on Tuesday, the Turkish Foreign Ministry said in a statement following the talks, stressing the necessity to rapidly reduce...

The European Union on Monday added eight businessmen and two entities linked to them, to its list of individuals and entities subject to sanctions against the Syrian regime and its supporters, according to a European Council statement. “Their activities directly benefited the Assad...

Sudan could send former leader Omar al-Bashir and other suspects to The Hague for trial before the International Criminal Court, but any decision would need approval from military and civilian rulers, the information minister said Monday. "One possibility is that the ICC will come here so...

Pep Guardiola has told friends he is going to remain as manager of Manchester City even if the appeal against their two-year European football ban is rejected by the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS), according to media reports Monday. The 49-year-old Spaniard is said by The Times to...