Taliban fighters seized a district centre in northern Afghanistan on Saturday, while a bomb at an army base in the southern province of Helmand killed at least five people.
Palestinian diplomats have filed an official complaint against Israel, alleging breaches of Israel’s obligations of the United Nations’ anti-racism treaty.
Local Syrian sources said that Special French Forces arrived on Thursday at an American base in Ramlan area of Al-Hasakah Governorate, which is controlled by the Kurdish Peoples’ Protection Units (YPG), the Anadolu Agency reported.
The number of US businesses operating in Saudi Arabia reached 462 in December with a total investment if more than 56.7 billion Saudi riyals ($15.1 billion), the Saudi General Investment Authority (SAGA) revealed yesterday.
Qatari Foreign Minister Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani has said that Saudi Arabia’s ultimatum over Doha sending troops to Syria or losing US support is not even worth responding to.
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo arrived in Saudi Arabia on Saturday on a hastily-arranged visit to the Middle East as the United States aims to muster support for new sanctions against Iran.
Egypt’s foreign minister yesterday called on the UN to launch an investigation into Israeli violations against Palestinian youths in the occupied territories, the Anadolu Agency reported yesterday.
"Military approaches will fail to resolve the Syrian crisis," underlined Iranian Foreign Minister stressing that military intervention of certain countries has only prolonged the sufferings of people in the war-stricken state.