Storm Ciara lashed Britain with heavy rain and winds of more than 90 miles an hour (145 km/hour) on Sunday, forcing the cancellations of flights, train services and sports matches. More than 200 flood warnings were issued across the country by authorities, including one severe warning in...

U.S. President Donald Trump will request $2 billion in new funding for border wall construction in his 2021 budget, substantially less than he sought last year, according to senior administration officials. The lower request, due to be unveiled Monday, shows that the administration needs...

Italy on Sunday called on Egypt to release a young Egyptian researcher and activist based at Bologna University, saying it had reason to believe the security forces had tortured him. The incident has revived painful memories of the 2016 disappearance and murder of an Italian researcher in...

A reworked Palestinian resolution has dropped its initial condemnation of President Donald Trump's Mideast peace plan, opting for less confrontational language ahead of a UN Security Council vote, a copy obtained by AFP shows. The latest draft also no longer mentions the United States by...

An Iranian rocket failed to put a satellite into orbit on Sunday, state television reported, the latest setback for a programme the US claims helps Tehran advance its ballistic missile program. The launch happened at Imam Khomeini Spaceport in Iran’s Semnan province, some 230 kilometers...

Libya's Azzawiya Oil Refining Company said Sunday it was forced to stop refining operations due to a lack of crude supplies and no inventory. A source from the company, a subsidy of Libya's state oil firm the National Oil Corporation (NOC), said two refining units with a capacity of 60,000...

 Iraq's incoming prime minister will face "hell" and be removed within days if he includes members of the political elite in his cabinet, a top aide to cleric Moqtada Sadr has warned. Premier-designate Mohammad Allawi has until March 2 to form a new cabinet, to be put to the...

Thousands of demonstrators flooded the streets of the Moroccan capital Sunday to protest against a new US Middle East peace plan which the Palestinians say favours Israel. Carrying Palestinian flags, the demonstrators, including local politicians and trade unionists, marched in Rabat...

A U.S. envoy warned Israel on Sunday not to declare sovereignty over West Bank land without Washington’s consent, pushing back against calls for immediate action by ultra-nationalists within Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s coalition. U.S. President Donald Trump’s Middle East peace plan,...

Israel on Sunday imposed a ban on Palestinian agricultural exports, in a move the Palestinians blasted as a "dangerous" escalation in a five-month trade war. "Starting from today... export abroad of Palestinian agricultural product through the Allenby crossing will not be allowed," COGAT,...

Greece will only grant refugee protection for three years as it struggles to integrate foreigners, the conservative government's migration minister Notis Mitarachi said in remarks published Sunday. Greece last year was the first EU port of entry for migrants and has struggled to manage the...

Cameroon voted Sunday in polls overshadowed by a partial opposition boycott and separatist violence that has displaced hundreds of thousands of people. Elections for the central African country's legislature and local councils are taking place for the first time in seven years, after two...

A leading member of the Pakistan Taliban has escaped custody more than two years after surrendering to authorities, a senior security official said Sunday. The confirmation comes days after Ehsanullah Ehsan -- the former spokesman for the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) -- released an...

Syrian regime forces have recaptured more than 600 square kilometers of territory so far in a campaign to seize control of the last rebel strongholds of Idlib and the Aleppo countryside, a statement from Syria’s armed forces said on Sunday. Syria’s armed forces have taken control of...

Pope Francis called on Sunday for respect of humanitarian law in Syria’s Idlib province, amid an escalation of a Syrian government offensive that has displaced more than half a million in two months. He told tens of thousands of people in St. Peter’s square that the reports from Idlib were...

Thousands of people stranded aboard a cruise ship in Hong Kong for five days were allowed to disembark Sunday after its 1,800 crew tested negative for the deadly new coronavirus. Health authorities in the Asian financial hub said the crew and a similar number of passengers had been released...

A Turkish military convoy, included armored vehicles and tanks, has entered the northern Idlib province on Sunday to be the latest reinforcements sent in by Ankara amid a Syrian regime offensive this week brought the two countries' troops into a rare direct confrontation.  Turkey...

 (Zaman Al Wasl)- The Syrian artist Saja Jaana believes that her fine art can reflects not only her refuge journey from Aleppo to Turkey but also the suffering of most Syrians. ‘I will not accept that my harsh experience with asylum go unnoticed, I will leave my mark in every...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Coronavirus will have a major impact on the Syrian economy amid cut in the Chinese production and exports, according to Syrian business portal. Majed Sharaf, the director of Al Joudeh Group for Studies and Consultation, told  Al-Iqtisadi that the Syrian economy may...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- A statement by famous Syrian actress sparked anger of pro-regime activists and the gloating of opposition ones on social media. 'Dogs live better than us' said Nahid al-Halabi in an interview aired on Thursday by Ninar FM Radio. Following years of silence by...