- Russia, Turkey and Iran have agreed on all four safe zones in Syria, including on the Idlib de-escalation area, the Kazakh Foreign Ministry confirmed after a joint statement on Friday, Sputnik reported. The three sides discussed details of the agreement at meetings in Astana, the capital of ...
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad meets with Russian Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu in Damascus (AFP Photo/Handout)/ Moscow (AFP) - Syrian President Bashar al-Assad welcomed Russian Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu to Damascus on Tuesday as Syrian forces supported by the Russian army prepare to ...
A former Iranian Member of Parliament has said the fact that Syria has not fallen so far is because of Iran's support. "Iran’s support for Syria has been the reason why Syria has not fallen so far. When the Syrian president, after a city in Syria has been freed from Daesh (Islamic State, aka IS, ...
- Negotiators from the three countries sponsoring Syria peace talks in Astana, Kazakhstan, say they have reached an agreement to set up de-escalation zones in Syria for six months. The negotiators from Russia, Turkey, and Iran said in a joint statement on September 15 that the zones would ...
This file picture shows a general view of the sixth round of the Syria talks in the Kazakh capital of Astana on September 15, 2017. (By AFP)/ Russia, Iran, and Turkey, which together act as guarantor states in peace talks for Syria, have agreed on the details of a “de-escalation zone” in the ...
This handout picture released by Syria's official SANA news agency shows President Bashar al-Assad attending a cabinet meeting in Damascus on June 20, 2017. (Via AFP)/ Syrian President Bashar Assad has sent a letter to Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei, thanking him ...
Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has met with Russian President Vladimir Putin during a visit to Russia's Black Sea resort town of Sochi on September 13. The Kremlin press service confirmed the meeting but did not release details of the discussions. Iranian FM Mohammad Javad Zarif ...
LOS ANGELES (AP) — A scuba dive boat captain was scheduled to be sentenced by a federal judge Thursday on a conviction of criminal negligence after 34 people died in a fire aboard the vessel nearly five years ago. was the deadliest maritime disaster in recent U.S. history, and prompted changes ...
- Bitcoin’s tumble is piquing the interest of investors who view pronounced swings in the digital token as a possible precursor for broader changes in risk appetite in global markets./ The cryptocurrency has shed about 4% in the past two days following a near 16% plunge in April, the worst ...
In many southern Lebanese villages, there are no signs of life. People have fled, leaving towns deserted. Israel has been carrying out strikes on southern Lebanon almost daily since Hezbollah - the powerful Lebanese Shia Islamist group - fired rockets at Israel on 8 October in support of Hamas ...
The family of a gay British-Mexican man held in Qatar for alleged drug offences has given further details of what they say was a "honeytrap" operation using the gay dating app, Grindr./ Manuel Guerrero Aviña was approached online by a man called "Gio" and they arranged to meet - but he was ...
Joie Henney hugs his emotional support alligator named Wally, Jan. 22, 2019, inside their home in York Haven, Pa. Henney credits Wally for helping relieve his depression for nearly a decade, says he's searching for the reptile after it went missing during a vacation to the coast of Georgia. ...
Two human rights groups have condemned an 11-year prison sentence handed to a Saudi fitness instructor and women's rights activist by a terrorism court./ Manahel al-Otaibi, 29, was convicted of charges related to her clothing choices and expression of her views online,/ These included calls for ...
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — It was the music that changed first. Or maybe that’s just when many people at the pale brick Catholic church in the quiet Wisconsin neighborhood finally began to realize what was happening. The choir director, a fixture at St. Maria Goretti for nearly 40 years, was suddenly ...
Shohei Ohtani is still just playing baseball after being all but cleared in the Ippei Mizuhara scandal. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)/ If you were curious about what exactly happened to Los Angeles Dodgers star Shohei Ohtani's money after it was allegedly stolen by his former interpreter, ...
Spiralling tensions and cross-border strikes which have killed more than 70 civilians in Lebanon have turned parts of south into ghost towns. Residents have fled, leaving their homes at risk of destruction. The BBC went on patrol with the UN's peacekeeping force there to see what has happened./ ...
, the veteran ABC News meteorologist who provided weather updates for , has been fired by the network, a source familiar with the matter confirmed to The Daily Beast. ABC News gave Marciano the boot on Tuesday following complaints from multiple network staffers over his behavior, sources noted. ...