Thousands of people have blocked a road in northwest Pakistan used to truck NATO troop supplies and equipment in and out of Afghanistan, in protest against deadly US drone strikes.
Iran's Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has warned against "excessive demands" by world powers at ongoing nuclear talks stressing that goodwill on the part of his counterparts can facilitate an interim accord.
Lebanon says one of the suspects in the deadly bombings that targeted the Iranian embassy in Beirut has been identified.
US Secretary of State John Kerry and Britain's Foreign Secretary William Hague have arrived in Geneva to join talks on Iran's nuclear program with Tehran and six world powers.
Top commander of the so-called Free Syrian Army (FSA), Colonel Riad al-Asaad, has reportedly been missing in Turkey.
A Syrian government minister has escaped an assassination attempt which left his driver killed, state media has reported.
Egypt has expelled the Turkish Ambassador Huseyin Avni Botsali after remarks made by Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan that Cairo deemed as being "provocative," the foreign ministry says.
German Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle says there is “a realistic chance” for a nuclear agreement between Iran and six world powers.
Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif and UN-Arab League Special Envoy for Syria Lakhdar Brahimi have exchanged views in the Swiss city of Geneva on the ongoing crisis in Syria.
Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif and EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton have met again in Geneva as Iran and the six world powers prepare to continue their discussions on Tehran’s nuclear energy program.