Israel will withold around $43 million in tax handovers to the cash-strapped Palestinian Authority (PA) over its financial support for the families of slain or wounded Palestinian militants, the Israeli security cabinet said on Sunday. The decision followed Israel’s similar trimming in...

Several Iraqi militia fighters were killed on Sunday in an air strike on their headquarters near the western Qaim district on the border with Syria, military sources and militia commanders told Reuters. The strike was likely carried out by drones and targeted the Iran-backed Kataib...

Russian President Vladimir Putin, in a phone call on Sunday, thanked his U.S. counterpart Donald Trump for passing on an information which helped prevent “acts of terrorism” in Russia, the Kremlin said. It said the information was passed on via special services. No other details were...

 The U.S. military has carried out "defensive strikes" in Iraq and Syria against the Kataib Hezbollah militia group, U.S. officials told Reuters Sunday. The Pentagon said in a statement it had targeted three locations of the Iranian-backed Shiite Muslim militia group in Iraq and two in...

The Taliban said Sunday they have agreed to a temporary cease-fire nationwide. It provides a window during which a peace agreement with the United States could be signed. A peace deal would allow Washington to bring home its troops from Afghanistan and end its 18-year military engagement...

Hundreds of people demonstrated Saturday outside Morocco’s parliament demanding the release of a journalist detained for criticising a judge in a tweet. Omar Radi, 33, was detained Thursday in Casablanca and immediately put on trial for the tweet about a judge prosecuting protest leaders,...

 (Zaman Al Wasl)- At least 20 regime troops, originally from Damascus suburbs, were killed in the ongoing offensive in northern Idlib province, sources told Zaman al-Wasl Sunday. Most of the slain fighters were former rebels who agreed on regime reconciliation deal in April 2018....

Turkey's defense chief said Sunday that his country's troops won't evacuate their 12 observation posts in rebel-held northwestern Syria – even as a Syrian government offensive pushed deeper into Idlib province, the last remaining opposition stronghold. Turkey, a strong backer of some of...

 (Zaman Al Wasl)- At least 23 regime troops, including elite forces, were killed late on Saturday in a surprise attack by the armed opposition on the newly-captured town of Jarjanaz, pro-regime news feeds said. The attack followed heavy rocket fire on regime forces and allied...

More than 1,000 people rallied in the rain in a park in Hong Kong’s financial district on Sunday, chanting slogans for democracy as they huddled under a sea of umbrellas. The crowd, a mix of young and elderly people, wore black and turquoise surgical masks to hide their identities as they...

Libya’s UN-recognized Government of National Accord (GNA) on Sunday hit back at social media allegations on the presence of “Syrian elements” in the military headquarters in the capital.  According to a statement by Prime Minister Fayez Al-Sarraj's office, the reports -- issued by...

Two Saudi men shot dead last week in the eastern city of Dammam were driving a car loaded with explosives and were planning an "imminent terrorist operation," the SPA state news agency said Sunday, citing security forces. The two were found with explosive paste in the car, SPA said. They...

Yemen's Iran-aligned Houthis said six "sensitive" locations in Saudi Arabia and three in the United Arab Emirates are on a list of strike targets, the group's al-Masirah TV reported Sunday, quoting a Houthi military spokesman. The Houthis in September said they would stop attacking Saudi...

The European Union called on Syria's regime and its allies to halt "indiscriminate" military attacks on civilians in the country's north west, where an intensifying bombardment by Damascus and Russian forces has displaced tens of thousands. Civilians have streamed out of affected areas of...

Ukrainian government forces and pro-Russian separatists in eastern Ukraine have started an all-for-all prisoner swap, after which all remaining prisoners of the five-year conflict should return home, the office of Ukraine's president said on Sunday. The agreement was concluded by Russian...

A Saudi criminal court sentenced a Yemeni man to death Sunday for a knife attack on a Spanish theatre group performing in Riyadh last month, state television said. The court also sentenced an accomplice to 12 years and six months in jail for the November 11 attack which Riyadh has linked to...

Iraqi anti-government protesters blockaded an oil field and rallied in southern cities Sunday while political factions remained paralysed in their attempts to form a new government. Several hundred people demanding jobs shut off access to the Nassiriya field, 300 kilometres (190 miles)...

The French government and a key trade union on Sunday exchanged bitter accusations over who was to blame for France's over three-week transport strike against pension reforms, as the stalemate showed little sign of relenting. Deputy Transport Minister Jean-Baptiste Djebbari accused the...

Greece wants to be included in UN-sponsored talks in January on the Libya conflict, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said Sunday, as tensions escalate with neighbours Turkey over the issue. Libya has become another diplomatic front for Greece and Turkey as the traditional rivals...

Halting production from Iraq's southern Nassiriya oilfield over the weekend by protesters will not affect the country's exports and production operations, the Oil Ministry said Sunday. Iraq will use additional output from southern oilfields in Basra to make up for the missing shipments...