
FOREIGN POLICY
Kerry: No military solution for Syria
US Secretary of State John Kerry has urged both sides to seize the opportunity presented by the Syria peace talks to achieve a ceasefire.

US Secretary of State John Kerry has urged both sides to seize the opportunity presented by the Syria peace talks to achieve a ceasefire.

Israel's premier voices frustration over a recent ultimatum by France to recognize a Palestinian state.

Unknown attackers kill two officers escorting an armored truck in eastern Saudi Arabia.

At least 21 people are dead and 16 others injured in a major pile-up in the south of the Egyptian capital, Cairo.

Figures show teenagers from Black, Asian and minority ethnic communities in the UK are more likely found in prisons than colleges.

Iranian freestyle wrestlers collect three medals at the Paris international wrestling tournament in France.

Valiollah Seif, the governor of the Central Bank of Iran, says nine Iranian banks will be re-connected to SWIFT early Monday.

The Pentagon says Russia must respect NATO airspace and refrain from breaching the Turkish sovereignty.

The Saudi kingdom rounds up at least 30 'terror' suspects.

The French defense minister says Paris wants to end its operations in the CAR after a UN report on the sexual abuse of children by French troops.

Far-right and anti-fascist protesters come to blows during rival rallies in UK’s Dover.

Terrorists from Boko Haram Takfiri group burned children to death during a raid in northeastern Nigeria, a witness says.

Iranian sports shooters book two tickets for the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

The UN appeals for $861 million to fund humanitarian needs in Iraq.

The Syrian government reiterates its readiness to find a solution to the foreign-backed crisis in the Arab country.

Iranian freestyle and Greco-Roman wrestlers snatch five medals in Bulgaria tournament.

Two major oilfields in southwest Iran will begin producing 160,000 barrels per day (bpd) as the country is boosting output to pre-sanction levels.

Ethnic minority graduates in the UK are much less likely to find jobs than their white peers and many can expect to earn less for years.