At least eleven of the 90 people who have travelled from Denmark to Syria since the summer of 2012 to fight with terrorist groups seeking to topple President Bashar al-Assad are believed to have been killed, the Danish security service said on Friday.
Syrian Foreign Minister Walid al-Moualem was quoted by state television on Friday as telling international mediator Lakhdar Brahimi that if no serious work sessions were held by Saturday, the government delegation would leave.
Egyptian interim Prime Minister Hazem el-Beblawi said on Thursday he backed General Abdel Fattah al-Sisi for president, one of the highest-level endorsements for a widely expected presidential bid by the army chief.
A US assasination drone has targeted a vehicle in Yemen's eastern province of Marib, killing three people, a military source says.
The 30th annual Harbin Ice & Snow World has kicked off in China's remote Heilongjiang province.
Iraqi armed forces have managed to kill scores of al-Qaeda-affiliated militants in the country’s Anbar Province as the army continues its fight against terrorists.
There have been two bomb explosions in the Egyptian capital Cairo, first near the city's police headquarters and second near a metro station, officials say.
Syria's President Bashar al-Assad is not ready to step down yet to make way for a transition government, US Secretary of State John Kerry says.
The Syrian Electronic Army has claimed responsibility for hacking some of US broadcaster CNN's social media accounts.
Syrian security forces have repelled an attack on a monastery in a city north of the capital Damascus, killing nearly 140 militants.