Police banned public gatherings in parts of the Indian capital and other cities for a third day Friday and cut internet services to counter growing protests against a new law that critics say marginalizes Muslims. Fourteen people have died so far and more than 4,000 have been detained,...

The U.N. special envoy for Syria told the Security Council on Friday that he won’t convene another session of a 45-member body that is supposed to draft a new constitution for Syria until the government and opposition agree on an agenda. Geir Pedersen, who is facilitating meetings of...

U.S. President Donald Trump signed a Syria sanctions bill as part of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), the 2020 defense budget. The bill, Caesar Syrian Civilian Protection Act of 2019, authorizes additional sanctions and financial restrictions on institutions and...

 Hundreds of people protested Friday by the Bab al-Hawa border gate connecting northwestern Syria and Turkey after a spate of aerial bombings. The strikes in the rebel-controlled pocket, carried out by the Syrian government and its Russian allies, are said to have left many civilians...

Syrian regime troops Friday captured four villages in Syria's northwest as part of a new ground offensive to push into rebel-held Idlib province, military and opposition activists said. The offensive has already forced thousands of civilians to abandon their homes and flee for their...

Action Group For Palestinians Of Syria (AGPS) documentation team found out that over 150,000 Palestinian refugees have fled the Syrian territories, where 650,000 Palestinians used to take shelter prior to the outburst of the deadly warfare. Over 60% of Palestinians from Syria have...

U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday said he had a "very good talk" with his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping regarding the trade deal between the two nations.   "Had a very good talk with President Xi of China concerning our giant Trade Deal," said Trump on Twitter, adding that...

Indian authorities said Friday they will ensure no citizen is "unduly harassed" as protests reverberate across the country against a controversial citizenship law.  "Citizenship of India may be proved by giving any document relating to date of birth or place of birth or both. Such a...

The chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) said Friday there is reasonable basis to investigate alleged war crimes in the occupied Palestinian territories. "I am satisfied that there is a reasonable basis to proceed with an investigation into the situation in Palestine,"...

Algerian demonstrators Friday rejected a call for dialogue by the country's new president, insisting on a month-long protest movement's demands for sweeping reforms in the North African country. Huge crowds flooded the streets of Algiers on the 44th consecutive Friday of anti-government...

The head of Iraq's Chaldean Catholic Church said Friday there will be no Christmas Eve masses in Baghdad for security reasons as nearly three months of anti-government protests continue to rock the capital. "In light of the current sensitive security situation in Baghdad, the patriarchate...

A group of independent UN rights experts strongly criticised Tehran Friday, warning thousands could still be detained after a deadly crackdown on mass protests last month and voicing alarm at reports that inmates have been tortured. The UN expert on the rights situation in Iran, along with...

The Pentagon's top general said Wednesday the US military is ready for anything from North Korea in the face of Pyongyang's ominous promise of a "Christmas gift" if Washington does not act to ease tensions. "Korea is one of those places in the world where we've always maintained high levels...

Cancelled trains, packed roads, frazzled nerves: Travellers across France scrambled on Friday to begin Christmas vacations upended by a weeks-long transport strike over a pensions overhaul that unions have vowed to defeat. Hopes of a holiday truce were dashed after talks between the...

U.K. lawmakers on Friday passed the revised Brexit bill which paves the way for withdrawal from the EU by January 31. In a 358 to 234 vote Friday afternoon, the House of Commons passed the Withdrawal Agreement Bill to committee stage which will continue after the Christmas recess. The...

Crowds continued to gather in Tahrir Square in the Iraqi capital early Friday to protest against the failure of President Barham Saleh and Parliament Speaker Mohamed al-Halbousi to appoint a new premier following Prime Minister Adil Abdul-Mahdi’s resignation.  According to the Iraqi...

Turkey’s president on Friday blasted the threat of U.S. sanctions on Turkish companies involved in a pipeline project as a “violation of our rights.” “Now they say ‘we will impose sanctions on TurkStream’,” Recep Tayyip Erdogan told reporters in Malaysia, where he attended this week’s Kuala...

The Presidential Council of Libya’s UN-backed government condemned Friday an airstrike by foreign forces supporting commander Khalifa Haftar. On Thursday, the Government of National Accord (GNA) announced that an airstrike by foreign forces targeted the western city of Misrata, leaving...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- The Lebanese General Security has extradited 11 Syrian refugees to the regime through the Masnaa border crossing, fellow refugees told Zaman al-Wasl Friday. Muhammad Abdul Karim, friend of refugee Malek Muhammad Zia, who was among the deported, said that, “Ten days ago, I...

Iran on Friday called US foreign policy "delusional" and its chief diplomat a "loudspeaker for bullying, deceit and disdain", a day after Washington announced new sanctions against Tehran. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, announcing the measures against two Iranian judges on Thursday, said...