Iran Air Force has launched military exercises over southern coasts of the country in the Persian Gulf.
Nearly 1,000 Christians have been killed and over 450,000 of them displaced in Syria due to the crisis plaguing the country, says a prominent Christian figure.
Survivors of the horrible carnage in the Syrian town of al-Adra near the capital, Damascus speak about the ordeal to Al-Alam following the attack by al-Qaeda-linked militants.
Several rockets fired by militants fighting in Syria have hit the Bekaa Valley, landing in deserted areas, a Lebanese security source says.
The Syrian army continues to tighten the noose around foreign-backed militants in several areas across the country.
Hezbollah has vowed to curb what it called Takfiri-Zionist attacks against the resistance party and the Lebanese Army.
The first humanoid robot in space has performed its first mission at the International Space Station, holding a series of conversations with a Japanese astronaut and keeping him company.
US President Barack Obama would veto an Iran sanctions bill with Democratic co-sponsors, White House press secretary Jay Carney says.
A UN peacekeeping base in South Sudan's Jonglei State has been attacked and the United Nations has received reports that some people have been killed, Deputy UN Secretary-General Jan Eliasson says.
The Syrian government says nobody can prevent the country's President Bashar al-Assad from running for re-election next year.