Israel has announced it was calling off a United Nations investigative mission to the Old City in annexed east Al-Quds.
At least four Iranian pilgrims have been killed in a bombing that targeted a bus full of passengers near Iraqi city of Tikrit, Media reports say.
Iran's Guardian Council Spokesman Abbas Ali Kadkhodaei says the supervisory body will approve those candidates who are eligible for the post and will avoid listing the persons who have broken the law.
At least 31 people have been killed in a series of car bombs across Iraqi cities, police and medics say.
Pakistan's former president Pervez Musharraf has been granted bail in the case against him for alleged involvement in the murder of former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto.
A US assassination drone strike in Yemen has killed two people, Yemeni officials have confirmed.
At least 11 people are killed in a suicide bombing outside a government building in northern Afghanistan.
International aid organization Oxfam appeals for urgent funds to help the Syrian refugees as their condition is getting worse with the weather getting hotter in the coming days.
Iran starts production of its indigenous air defense battery, Herz 9, as the country is moving forward in developing its defense industries.
Syrian troops’ successful operation in entering al-Qusayr has brought new hopes for the army as well as residents of the areas which have been witnessing fierce clashes and presence of terrorist groups for several months.