A strong earthquake shook a high-altitude region of western China and areas of Nepal on Tuesday, damaging hundreds of houses, littering streets with rubble and killing at least 95 people in Tibet. Many others were trapped as dozens of aftershocks shook the remote region. Rescue workers climbed mounds of broken bricks, some using …

Jean-Marie Le Pen, the founder of France’s far-right National Front who was known for fiery rhetoric against immigration and multiculturalism that earned him both staunch supporters and widespread condemnation, has died. He was 96. A polarizing figure in French politics, Le Pen’s controversial statements, including Holocaust denial, led to multiple …

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced on Monday that he intends to resign as party leader and prime minister after pressure from within his own Liberal Party increasingly grew amid heightened criticisms over his handling of the economy and threats levied by President-elect Donald Trump. He said he will resign once the …

sahar Ragab Dr. Badr Abdel Aati, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Immigration, attended the Christmas Mass held at the Egyptian Orthodox Church in the Omani capital, Muscat, on Monday evening, January 6, during his official visit to the Sultanate of Oman. During his speech at the Mass, Minister Abdel Aati …

Wagdy Abdelaziz The Turkish Ambassador to Cairo, Salih Mutlu Şen, accompanied by a group of Egyptian journalists, visited the Sherbaty factories group in Sadat City in Menoufia Governorate. The ambassador stressed the importance of trade and economic relations between the two countries, expressing his appreciation for the role played by …

Muhamad Yehia Two months after Chad severed its defence agreement with Paris, the French army has handed over its last military base in the country, the Kossei base, in N’Djamena. Though it was Chad who announced the end of the defence pact, the head of the French Armed Forces’ Africa …

Muhamad yehia DAMASCUS, Syria — Hundreds of Syrian demonstrators gathered after Friday payers in several cities calling for unity against sectarian divisions and to memorialize rebel fighters who have died. It marked the third consecutive Friday of demonstrations since Bashar Assad’s government was overthrown in a sweeping offensive led by …

Muhamad Yehia CAMACARI, Brazil (AP) — Dozens of Chinese workers found by authorities in poor condition at a construction site in Brazil for electric vehicle automaker BYD have been taken and placed in hotels in the country’s tropical northeast region. Local prosecutors alleged that the laborers are victims of human trafficking who were living …

Muhamad Yehia BEIRUT — The last time Syrian President Bashar Assad was in serious trouble was 10 years ago, at the height of the country’s civil war, when his forces lost control over parts of the largest city, Aleppo, and his opponents were closing in on the capital, Damascus. Back then, …

Muhamad Yehia BEIRUT — The wife and daughter of one of deposed Syrian president Bashar Assad ’s cousins were arrested Friday at the Beirut airport, where they attempted to fly out with allegedly forged passports, Lebanese judicial and security officials said. Assad’s uncle departed the day before. Rasha Khazem, the wife …