More clashes have continued in several Turkish cities including Istanbul and Ankara as death of protester reignites anti-government anger.
UN Security Council envoys from Britain, China, France, Russia and the United States have held talks on the Syrian chemical weapons crisis, but no agreement was reached.
Russia has handed the United States a plan for the Syrian government to hand over its chemical weapons in four stages, starting with Damascus becoming a member of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons, a report said Thursday.
The CIA has initiated delivering weapons to militants in Syria, ending months of delay in lethal aid that had been promised by the US President Barack Obama administration.
Florida police have arrested infamous pastor Terry Jones before he could burn thousands of copies of Quran on the anniversary of September 11 attacks.
US Secretary of State John Kerry set off to meet his Russian counterpart Wednesday, as moves to eliminate Syria's chemical weapons switched to the diplomatic track.
Russian President Vladimir Putin and the Duma have warned against a US strike on Syria, saying such action risked escalating the conflict beyond the country and unleashing terrorist attacks.
Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif says Tehran is pursuing a win-win game in nuclear negotiations, stressing that pressure in negotiations will achieve nothing.
Iran has dismissed the interfering allegations of the Persian Gulf Cooperation Council (PGCC) with regards to the three Iranian islands of Abu Musa, Greater Tunb and Lesser Tunb.
Russian President Vladimir Putin meets Iran's new president for the first time this week, reportedly armed with an offer to supply missile systems and build a second nuclear power reactor that is likely to trouble the United States.