Carlos Ghosn, speaking publicly for the first since his dramatic escape from Japanese justice, told reporters in Beirut he had been treated “brutally” by Tokyo prosecutors he accused of helping Nissan to oust him as chairman. Wearing a blue suit and red tie and speaking defiantly, the...

Iran's aviation authority said it would not hand over to Americans the recovered black boxes of a Boeing 737 that crashed Wednesday, killing all 176 passengers and crew. "We will not give the black boxes to the manufacturer (Boeing) and the Americans," Iran Civil Aviation Organisation head...

Iraq's President Barham Saleh Wednesday condemned Iran's missile strikes on Iraqi bases where US and other foreign troops are based, saying he feared "dangerous developments" in the region. "We condemn the Iranian missile bombing that hit military installations on Iraqi territory and renew...

Pedro Sanchez was sworn in as prime minister Wednesday, becoming head of Spain's first coalition government since the return of democracy in the 1970s. He took the oath before King Felipe VI a day after being narrowly confirmed as premier in parliament and will take office as head of a...

Keeping Lebanon without a government is "increasingly irresponsible" given developments in the region and the country, the senior UN official said Wednesday. "Given the situation and developments in the country and the region it is increasingly irresponsible to keep Lebanon without an...

The presidents of Turkey and Russia formally launched the TurkStream pipeline Wednesday which will carry Russian natural gas to southern Europe through Turkey, part of Moscow's efforts to reduce shipments via Ukraine. The pipeline project, stretching 930 km (580 miles) across the Black Sea,...

The EU's top official told Britain on Wednesday that it could lose its open access to the European market if it refused to extend post-Brexit partnership talks beyond 2020. Ursula von der Leyen's warning to Prime Minister Boris Johnson came ahead of their first meeting in her capacity as...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Syrian armed factions took of three villages from regime forces in the eastern countryside of Idlib, military sources told Zaman al-Wasl  Wednesday . The Turkish-backed forces launched a surprise attack on eastern Idlib where the Russian-backed regime force and...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- As the domestic gas crisis mounts in Syria, pro-regime activists have expressed disappointment following a visit by the Russian President Vladimir Putin to Damascus where he met with officials including Bashar al-Assad in a military base, according to Kremlin statement....

 Ukraine’s embassy in Iran dropped an initial reference to engine failure as the cause of a Ukrainian plane crash outside Tehran on Wednesday. It said in a second statement that the causes had not been disclosed and that any previous comments were not official. Asked at a briefing...

Many Syrian families who settled in tents in the de-escalation zone in Idlib, northwestern Syria are struggling to meet even their basic needs. Families displaced to rural areas of Idlib due to ongoing attacks by the Bashar al-Assad regime and Russia are struggling to hold onto life in...

Iranian supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said on Wednesday that his country's attack was "a slap in the face of the U.S.," and said the military action is still "not enough." Khamenei made these statements in a televised interview, hours after the Iranian missile strike on two Iraqi...

Iraqi Prime Minister Adel Abdul Mahdi received a verbal message from Iran in which it told him its response to the U.S. killing of its top general was either imminent or under way, his spokesman said in a statement. Tehran told Abdul Mahdi it would only target locations where U.S. forces...

Iran is benefiting from rising oil prices, Iranian Oil Minister Bijan Zanganeh was quoted as saying by the semi-official ISNA news agency Wednesday following Tehran's missile attacks on U.S. targets in Iraq. "The trend of oil prices is up and this benefits Iran ... Americans should stop...

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warned Wednesday that Israel would strike a "resounding blow" if attacked by arch foe Iran, as regional tensions soar after the US killing of a top Iranian general. "Anyone who attacks us will receive a resounding blow," the premier told a Jerusalem...

Iran’s missile attacks on U.S. targets in Iraq on Wednesday were “legitimate self-defense”, Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif told state TV, adding that Washington’s assessment to retaliate should not be based on “illusions”. “Our action was a legitimate self-defense and the...

Millions went on strike throughout India on Wednesday, unions said, as workers angry at the government's labour policies brought travel chaos across the country. The widespread action was in opposition to what unions called the "anti-worker and anti-people policies" of right-wing Prime...

A Ukrainian plane carrying at least 170 people crashed shortly after take off in Tehran killing all on board, Iran state media reported. The Boeing 737 had left Tehran's international airport bound for Kiev, semi-official news agency ISNA said, adding that 10 ambulances were sent to the...

A magnitude 4.5 earthquake on Wednesday rattled an area less than 50 kilometres (30 miles) from Iran's Bushehr nuclear power plant near the country's Gulf coast, a US monitor said. The quake, which had a depth of 10 kilometres, struck 17 kilometres south-southeast of Borazjan city at 6:49...

Australian officials issued fresh evacuation warnings Wednesday ahead of a forecast spike in the intensity of out-of-control bushfires that have devastated vast swathes of countryside and sent smoke clouds as far away as Brazil. Residents of Victoria state's fire-ravaged east were urged to...