Iraq's Kurds have gone to the polls in the parliamentary elections as their autonomous region grapples with disputes with Baghdad.
Turkish Parliament Speaker Cemil Cicek has arrived in the Iranian capital at the head of a high-ranking parliamentary delegation to discuss the Syrian crisis with officials of the Islamic Republic.
Six Iraqi SWAT officers have been killed as four suicide bombers attacked the police headquarters in a town north of Baghdad, security sources say.
Pakistan has freed Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, co-founder of the Afghan Taliban, from jail, says a senior official of the Pakistani Interior Ministry.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel has welcomed Iranian President Hassan Rouhani’s proposal to mediate between the clashing parties in Syria.
A White House official has reiterated that the US does not ruled out military strikes against Syria if Damascus does not abide by a US-Russian plan to hand over its chemical weapons arsenal for destruction.
A Palestinian official has estimated that damages stemming from Egyptian military’s recent destruction of supply tunnels running from its border to the Israeli-blockaded Gaza Strip are over $250 million.
Iran has again cautioned world bodies on the grave danger of the Israeli regime’s secret nuclear programs, calling on the international community to adopt responsible measures to halt the effort.
The Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) has announced that it is in the process of studying the details provided by the Syrian government on its arsenal of chemical weapons as part the a joint US-Russia deal to take over control of such arms and ultimately destroy them.
Venezuela has lodged a protest to the UN general-secretary over American refusal to issue visas for some members of its delegation to the current session of the UN General Assembly in New York.