Attacks in Iraq have left 15 people dead while security forces say they killed 25 ISIL militants near Baghdad amid worries insurgents are encroaching on the capital weeks ahead of elections.
A bomb has tore through a bustling Islamabad market, killing at least 23 people, police and hospital officials say, the latest violence to hit government peace talks with the Taliban.
The Syrian army has carried out an operation in the city of Douma near the capital Damascus, killing several militants, Al-Alam reports.
Teams searching for the missing Malaysia Airlines plane have reacquired signals that could be consistent with "black box" flight recorders.
Syrian forces have stepped up their offensive against Rankous ahead of an operation to retake the town, one of the last rebel-held regions in the Qalamoun area.
Syrian army troops make fresh gains in their battle against foreign-backed militants in Latakia Province.
Iran has sent 30,000 tons of food supplies to the impoverished Syrians who have been suffering from an extremist-marked insurgency for three years, Syrian state media has reported.
Israeli gunboats have targeted Palestinian fishing boats off the northwestern coast of the besieged Gaza Strip as the Tel Aviv regime’s aggression against Palestinians continues unabated.
Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, the ruler of Dubai, UAE vice-president and prime minister, wants to employ sixty young Italian girls to shop for him.
The head of Syria's opposition National Coalition, Ahmad Jarba, is to hold talks later this month in China, a Syrian government ally, his office said on Tuesday.