Bahrain’s government has resigned after announcing the results of the runoff parliamentary elections in the country.

Muqtada al-Sadr, an influential Iraqi Shia cleric, has called on the Iraqi people to hold rallies in support of Bahrain’s prominent Shia cleric Ayatollah Sheikh Isa Ahmed Qassim.

A pro-Kurdish lawmaker has called for a state investigation into claims that ISIL Takfiri militants have used Turkish soil to carry out an attack on the Syrian border city of Kobani.

Turkish people have held a demonstration to denounce a recent attack on the Syrian border town of Kobani, reportedly carried out from the Turkish territory.

Political analyst Edward Lozansky says a nuclear exchange between the United States and Russia will end the human civilization.

Senior Syrian officials say the country will push ahead with its efforts to fight against terrorism and establish national reconciliation, Press TV reports.

Israeli minister of military affairs Moshe Ya'alon says the ongoing political infighting between coalition partners in the cabinet would force the regime to hold an early election.

Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi says a probe results show there are 50,000 “ghost soldiers” in the Iraqi army.

Israeli authorities are launching a probe into photos posted on the Internet featuring the regime’s top officials in Nazi uniforms.