Iraqi protesters stepped up their demonstrations Tuesday with the authorities in Baghdad increasingly paralysed as they seek a way out of a political impasse. Once again the capital's iconic Tahrir Square began filling early in the day, with protesters making clear their opposition to names...

Amid pervasive allegations of voting fraud, Afghanistan's Independent Electoral Complaints Commission (IECC) on Monday began documenting complaints against the recently-announced preliminary results of landmark presidential polls. IECC deputy head Mawlavi Din Muhammad Azimi told reporters...

One year since a ceasefire was reached in Yemen's western province of Al-Hudaydah between the government and Houthi rebels, efforts to save the deal from total failure have been underway by the UN's special envoy for Yemen. The deal -- brokered by the UN and signed on Dec. 13, 2018, in...

Russian officials say a top-of-the-line fighter jet has crashed on a training mission but that its pilot bailed out safely. Russia's United Aircraft Corporation said in a statement Tuesday that the Su-57 fighter came down during a training flight near Komsomolsk-on-Amur in the country's far...

A Japanese government agency has proposed releasing radioactive water from the stricken Fukushima nuclear plant into the environment, as storage space runs out. The plant suffered a meltdown about nine years ago after it was hit by an earthquake-triggered tsunami. About a million tonnes of...

The fate of a Senate impeachment trial for President Donald Trump is at an impasse as Republican and Democratic leaders remained at odds over what form it would take and what witnesses would be called. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said he has not ruled out calling witnesses but...

After days of protests across Iran last month, Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei appeared impatient. Gathering his top security and government officials together, he issued an order: Do whatever it takes to stop them. That order, confirmed by three sources close to the supreme leader’s...

Israel opposes an accord signed last month between Libya and Turkey mapping out maritime boundaries in the eastern Mediterranean, but the deal was unlikely to lead to a conflict with Turkey, Israel’s foreign minister said on Monday. The deal between Ankara and Tripoli carves out a corridor...

The son of slain Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi said on Monday his family had achieved justice thanks to the verdict of Saudi Arabia’s public prosecutor. Earlier, the Saudi public prosecutor said five people had been sentenced to death and three more to jail terms totaling 24 years over...

 (Zaman Al Wasl)- Syrian armed opposition and jihadists on Monday retook five villages in northern Idlib province were seized by regime forces and allied militias in the day before, military source told Zaman al-Wasl. Regime forces seized dozens of towns and villages on Sunday in...

Tunisia's prime minister-designate Habib Jemli will form a government made up of independents who do not represent political parties, he said at a news conference Monday. Jemli, who was nominated as prime minister by the moderate Islamist Ennahda party last month after it took most seats in...

Thousands of protesters blocked roads and bridges across southern Iraq on Monday, condemning Iranian influence and political leaders who missed another deadline to agree on a new prime minister. Anti-government demonstrators burned tyres in major cities across the south, forcing the closure...

The US sanctions slapped on a controversial Russian gas pipeline to Europe will likely delay the project by several months but it will still be completed next year, a top German official said Monday. The sanctions "will postpone the completion" of the undersea pipeline, said Peter Beyer,...

French train and metro drivers withheld labour for the 19th straight day Monday in a standoff with the government over pension reform, casting a pall over Christmas plans with many unable to reach loved ones. Talks between the government and unions last week failed to find middle ground,...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- At  least 5 civilians were killed and 25 wounded Monday in a car bomb attack in northeastern Raqqa province, a former capital of the Islamic State group, activists said. Two children were among the casualties of the blast that rocked the town of Slouk east of Raqqa...

  (Zaman Al Wasl)- Two Russian soldiers were killed when unknown armed group opened fire on a Russian outpost in southern Daraa province, local opposition group said Monday. Gathering of Ahrar Horan said the two Russian soldiers were killed late on Sunday by unknown gunmen at the...

Libya’s forces based in the country’s east said Monday they have released a vessel with Turkish crew members seized over the weekend amid heightened tensions in the eastern Mediterranean over a contentious maritime border deal involving Tripoli and Ankara. Ahmed al-Mosmari, a spokesman for...

Beijing warned Monday that the U.S was turning the cosmos into a "battlefield", after Washington announced a new military arm called the Space Force. Following concerns that China and Russia are challenging its position in space, U.S President Donald Trump signed the 2020 National Defence...

Iran said it would unveil a redevelopment of part of its Arak heavy water reactor Monday - a move that will not breach international restrictions on its nuclear work but show it is developing the sector in the face of U.S pressure. Tehran said it would switch on a secondary circuit at Arak,...

The number of Syrians fleeing attacks in the country's northwestern Idlib province and heading towards Turkey has reached 120,000, a Turkish aid group said Monday, adding it was setting up a camp for some of those uprooted. Syrian and Russian forces have recently intensified their...