
SYRIA
UK, Russia back Syria talks resumption
The British and Russian leaders back the resumption of peace talks for a solution to the Syrian crisis.

The British and Russian leaders back the resumption of peace talks for a solution to the Syrian crisis.

US Air Force Gen. Mark Welsh has warned about the rising air power of Russia and China.

An analyst says a decision by the US and Turkey to provide militants in Syria with air cover shows efforts to bring the Syrian government down have failed.

A US police officer, who was fired in 2013, was found dead beside railroad tracks in Washougal, Washington.

A senior Iranian official describes as successful talks on the delivery of Russia’s S-300 surface-to-air missile system to Iran.

American company Charter Communications is clinching a deal to buy Time Warner Cable for about $55 billion.

A rest home fire in central China has killed at least 38 people and injured six others, state media reports say.

Putin says Russia is facing increasing aggression from global arms manufactures.

A strong tornado rips through the Mexican town of Ciudad Acuna near the US border, killing at least 13 people and devastating hundreds of homes.

Egypt has reportedly demolished 521 entry points to tunnels under the border with the Gaza Strip.

NATO and allies launch massive aerial wargames over northern Europe.

Use of “disproportionate” force against African Americans by US police has led to a “wild wild west” situation in the United States.

The Iraqi premier says the country’s security forces will recapture Ramadi from ISIL “within days”.

Three Indian soldiers and a militant are killed in Indian-administered Kashmir following a gun battle at the de facto border with Pakistan.

The Iraqi army captures at least 200 foreign terrorists in the western province of Anbar, a commander says.

The Syrian army launches a major offensive against the ISIL Takfiri terrorists who recently overran the city of Palmyra.

Yemeni forces have destroyed four Saudi tanks after storming a base in Saudi Arabia’s southwestern city of Jizan.

Multiple threats are made against Monday flights heading for different US cities, including one from Saudi Arabia.