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The UN’s Syria envoy said he held “very good discussions” in Damascus Saturday, and expressed hopes that a committee to discuss a post-war constitution for the country could soon reconvene.

Two Turkish soldiers were killed Saturday and three others injured in an attack in the northwestern Syrian region of Idlib, the Turkish defence ministry said.

Four people, including members of Iraq’s security forces, were killed on Saturday in an attack by Islamic State group jihadists near the northern city of Mosul, officials said.

Lebanese commentators voiced scepticism Saturday over the bankrupt state’s ability to win back the support of foreign donors after political factions finally agreed a new government following 13 months of … Read More

The United Arab Emirates has set up an air bridge to deliver tons of aid to Afghanistan after the Taliban takeover, a Kabul airport operations manager told AFP on Saturday.

Tunisia’s powerful labour union the UGTT on Saturday called for elections to create a new parliament that would debate changing the constitution and political system.

Cristiano Ronaldo is set to receive a hero’s welcome at Old Trafford on Saturday when he makes his second debut for Manchester United against Newcastle on his return to the … Read More

Afghan women wearing full face veils sat in rows at a Kabul university lecture theatre Saturday, pledging commitment to the Taliban’s hardline policies on gender segregation.

U.N. nuclear watchdog chief Rafael Grossi will fly to Tehran this weekend

Twenty years after hijacked airliners smashed into New York City’s World Trade Center and the Pentagon outside Washington, Americans will honor the nearly 3,000 lives lost on Sept.11