Iraq frees aviation official after probe over flight row
The Iraqi Civil Aviation Authority said Saturday that the security forces freed a senior official at the Iraqi airport after being arrested for investigation into the incident that a Lebanese passenger plane was stopped from landing in Baghdad after a son of the Iraqi transport minister had missed the flight.
Israel to give up 'some settlements' for peace push: PM
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Israel would agree to give up "some settlements" in the occupied West Bank in order to reach a peace agreement with the Palestinians.
2 blasts hit Afghan eastern city kill district governor, wounds 8, Taliban claim responsibility
A district governor was killed and eight others, including a lawmaker, sustained injuries as two blasts shocked Jalalabad the capital of Nangarhar province 120 km east of Afghan capital Kabul on Saturday.
Syrian troops recapture key town
Syrian troops have fully recaptured a key town in the central province of Homs, the Syrian army said on Saturday.
Iran receives 2nd tranche of payment under interim nuclear deal
Iran received the second installment of previously frozen oil assets under an interim nuclear deal with world powers, local media reported on Saturday.
Ashton arrives in Tehran for nuclear talks
European Union (EU) foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton arrived in Iran's capital Tehran on Saturday for talks on Iran's nuclear issue and the relations between Iran and Europe, local media reported.
Egyptian women show growing political awareness
"I never cared about politics before the 2011 unrest, but now I knew my vote matters and I cast ballots in the last presidential election and constitutional referendum," Umm Hussein, a 64-year-old illiterate Egyptian woman said.
31 killed in violent attacks across Iraq
At least 31 people, including a candidate for the upcoming parliamentary elections, were killed and 49 others wounded in separate violent attacks across Iraq on Saturday, police said.
Radical rebels execute 10 civilians in southern Syria: report
A radical rebel group executed about 10 civilians in Syria's southern province of Daraa, the official SANA news agency reported on Saturday.
Assad says reconstruction a greater challenge in post-crisis era
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad said Saturday that post-crisis challenges, with reconstruction topping its agenda, are more serious than the current challenges, according to the official SANA news agency.