
SYRIA
Blasts kill over 140 in west Syria: Monitor
Seven bomb blasts have rocked the coastal cities of Tartous and Jableh in western Syria, leaving at least 148 people dead.

Seven bomb blasts have rocked the coastal cities of Tartous and Jableh in western Syria, leaving at least 148 people dead.

Two car bomb attacks hit outside a military base in Yemen’s Aden, killing at least 45 army recruits.

Donald Trump is spending way less money than Hillary Clinton in the 2016 presidential race.

People stage an anti-junta rally in Thailand’s capital on the second anniversary of the military takeover of power in the country.

Iran marks the 34th anniversary of the liberation of Khorramshahr during the war with Iraq.

President Rouhani says Iran and India have decided to expand their ties from being mere trade partners.

The US president announces the full withdrawal of America’s arms embargo on Vietnam during Asian trip.

Israeli police officers and several passersby violently beat up a young Palestinian man in Tel Aviv.

Dozens of Takfiri militants are killed as Iraq launches an offensive to retake one of the two remaining Daesh strongholds.

Amnesty International says it has found new evidence of US, UK and Brazilian cluster munitions used by Saudi forces in Yemen.

Twenty one Egyptians detained over participation in an anti-government protest go on hunger strike to express objection to their trials.

At least 17 schoolgirls are killed in a fire at their school dormitory in northern Thailand.

Barack Obama says he will not apologize to the Japanese over America's 1945 nuclear bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

Amnesty finds banned UK-made munitions used against the Yemenis.

US Democratic presidential front-runner Hillary Clinton says she will negotiate with rival Bernie Sanders "when he’s ready to talk."

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu calls on Israelis to stop “crying and moaning”, saying he can “lead the operations” after Moshe Ya’alon’s resignation.

The Greek parliament passes a new set of austerity measures amid widespread public protests.

British Prime Minister David Cameron’s opposition to Turkey joining the European Union is a desperate move to get the “Remainers” on board, a journalist says.