Iranian President Hassan Rouhani dismissed on Wednesday a proposal for a new “Trump deal” aimed at resolving a nuclear row, saying it was a “strange” offer and criticizing U.S. President Donald Trump for always breaking promises. British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, who has praised Trump...

French prosecutors launched Wednesday a preliminary probe into alleged police violence after a video showing police tripping a pension reform protestor went viral, according to local media.  General Inspectorate of the National Police (IGPN), France's police watchdog group, will...

Israel began exporting natural gas to Egypt Wednesday under one of the most important deals to have been signed by the neighbors since they made peace four decades ago. A private firm in Egypt, Dolphinus Holdings, will purchase 85 billion cubic meters (bcm) of gas, worth an estimated $19.5...

Venezuelan opposition lawmakers had to abandon plans to hold a session at the legislature on Wednesday after claiming to have been shot at by armed groups loyal to President Nicolas Maduro. Groups of armed civilians known as "colectivos" have an infamous reputation in Venezuela where they...

Filmmakers Waad al-Kateab and Edward Watts are hoping the Oscar nomination for their documentary "For Sama" will remind people of the plight of Syrians affected by the country's nearly nine-year-old civil war. "For Sama" was nominated in the best documentary field on Monday after getting...

Four rockets were fired at Israel from the Gaza Strip on Wednesday, the Israeli military said, and there were no reports of casualties or damage. Two of the projectiles were shot down by Israel’s Iron Dome air defense system, the military said in a statement. Israel’s Channel 13 television...

Russian government has resigned on Wednesday after country's President Vladimir Putin proposed constitutional changes and said he needed "to organize the work."  Putin accepted resignation and asked Prime Minister Dmitri Medvedev to take a new role as the deputy head of country's...

The world's two dominant economic powers, the United States and China, are poised to sign a trade truce on Wednesday, letting businesses around the globe breathe a sigh of relief. After a nearly two-year battle, the signing could give US President Donald Trump an election-year boost as...

Regime air strikes on Syria's last major opposition bastion killed 17 civilians on Wednesday, hitting a vegetable market despite a fresh Russian-backed truce, a war monitor said. At least 20 other civilians were wounded in the raids that struck a bustling area of Idlib city, capital of...

As many as 14 Indian states have so far declared not to implement the controversial citizenship law, believed to be discriminatory against Muslims.  On Tuesday, country’s southernmost state of Kerala even approached the Supreme Court, challenging the new law, knows as Citizenship...

Sudanese government forces succeeded late Tuesday in retaking control of all intelligence buildings in the capital following a revolt by armed former security agents linked to toppled ruler Omar al-Bashir.  Government forces raided all buildings belonging to the General Intelligence...

Hit by sanctions curbing oil sales, Iran’s economy is set to fall deeper into recession this fiscal year and foreign reserves could drop to $73 billion by March, a loss of almost $40 billion in two years, the Institute of International Finance said. The economy shrank by 4.6% in the...

Widow Samirah Nasser and her eight children tried to return to their Yemeni village but were forced by relentless air strikes to return to the relative safety of a refugee camp. Shivering through yet another camp winter, she is one of 3.6 million Yemenis - around 12% of the population -...

Turkish Defence Minister Hulusi Akar said on Wednesday it was too early to say that a ceasefire in Libya had collapsed after Khalifa Haftar, commander of eastern Libyan forces, failed to sign a binding truce at talks this week. The talks in Moscow aimed to halt Haftar’s nine-month campaign...

After weeks of delay, the House of Representatives is expected Wednesday to send impeachment charges against President Donald Trump to the Senate, clearing the way for that chamber to consider whether Trump should be removed from office. The weeks-long trial in the Senate is expected to...

Turkey and Russia are discussing the establishment of a "secure zone" within Syria's northwestern Idlib region where Syrians displaced by fighting can shelter during the winter, Turkish Defense Minister Hulusi Akar said Wednesday. Syrian government attacks in the region were continuing...

Cleaners in crisis-hit Beirut swept away shattered glass outside banks Wednesday after angry night-time protests over informal capital controls that left dozens of people injured. The commercial district of Hamra, a banking hub, was the scene of overnight scuffles between security forces...

President Vladimir Putin proposed Wednesday to tweak the Russian Constitution to increase the powers of parliament and the Cabinet - a move that could herald his intention to shift into a new position to stay at the helm after his current term expires. Speaking in his state of the nation...

President Hassan Rouhani appealed Wednesday for "unity" and flagged the need for radical changes to the way Iran is run, after a wave of angry protests over the accidental downing of a Ukrainian airliner. The Kiev-bound Boeing 737 was shot down last week in a catastrophic error shortly...

 Zaman al-Wasl has obtained the January's promotion list of 52 top officers in the Syrian Air Force. Most of the top officers operate as military pilots who carried out deadly air strikes on the opposition areas during over the nine-year-old conflict that claimed the lives of half...