Gustavo Petro, a former guerilla, who fought against the Colombian government in the past, will now lead the South American country...

Damascus airport is due to reopen on Thursday, almost two weeks after Israeli strikes rendered its runways unusable, the Syrian transport ministry said...

Israeli Defense Minister Benny Gantz warned Wednesday that “if needed,” the Israeli army “will march once again to Beirut, Sidon and Tyre,” while noting that Israel “does not want a war” and that it is “willing to go very far on the pat...

ALBAWABA - Saudi Crown Prince Mohammad Ben Salman is in Turkey where he was received by President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Wednesday...

The Palestine National Football Team has, once more, done the seemingly impossible by qualifying for the 2023 AFC Asian Cup...

Kuwaiti Amir announced his decision to dissolve the current parliament and called for an early election to choose new members, Kuwaiti local media reported on Wednesday...

French President Emmanuel Macron, who was recently re-elected to office, has lost his majority in the National Assembly as a newly-formed left-wing coalition and the far-right gained ground...

A powerful earthquake struck a remote border region of Afghanistan overnight killing at least 920 people and injuring hundreds more, officials said Wednesday, with the toll expected to rise as rescuers dig through collapsed dwellings...

The Knesset passed the initial bill to dissolve the Knesset on Wednesday. The vote passed overwhelmingly with a vote of 110-0...

Firefighters and other personnel are intervening by land and air to control a wildfire that broke out overnight in a forest in southern Türkiye, an official said Wednesday...

ALBAWABA - Israel is to ship in Moroccan workers to work as care givers and in the construction industry...

Britain's biggest al-Qaeda terror boss has won a parole bid - and could be walking free in months. Rangzieb Ahmed - who planned carnage in the UK - has been told he will face a Parole Board next month...

At least 255 people were killed and 155 others were injured in a 6.1 magnitude earthquake that hit east Afghanistan, according to the country's disaster management authority on Wednesday...

ALBAWABA - Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky says Africa is 'hostage' to Russia's war in Ukraine.  #BREAKING Zelensky tells African Union (AU) the continent is 'hostage' of Russia's war in Ukraine pic...

ALBAWABA - Saudi Crown Prince Mohammad Ben Salman is on the second leg of his regional visit to Jordan where he was received by King Abdullah, Crown Prince Hussein and other top Jordanian officials and dignitaries...

A Sudanese businessman revealed on Monday that he and the United Arab Emirates will build a new port on the Red Sea in Sudan, as part of a $6 billion investment project, Reuters reported on Monday...

Hearings for the trial of ousted Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi will be moved to a prison compound in the military-built capital Naypyidaw, a source with knowledge of the case said Tuesday...

Israel is heading to its fifth election in three and a half years, after Prime Minister Naftali Bennett and Alternate Prime Minister Yair Lapid gave up Monday on their efforts to stabilize the coalition...

ALBAWABA - Israel, Iran and Syria continue to be in the news. Down the Arab street people continue to have mixed feelings about another war is about to erupt in the Middle East...

The Afghan government has released five Britons held captive for months on charges of violating the country's laws and traditions, officials said Monday...