Iran, powers to resume nuclear talks on Feb. 18
The next round of nuclear talks between Iran and six world powers will be held in the Austrian capital of Vienna on February 18, Iran's foreign minister was quoted as saying by Press TV on Saturday.
16 soldiers killed in checkpoint attack in SE Yemen
Gunmen killed at least 16 soldiers in an attack on a military checkpoint in Yemen's southeastern province of Hadramout on Friday afternoon, a government official told Xinhua.
Russia calls option to use force in Syria counterproductive
Raising the prospect of military intervention was counterproductive to resolving the Syrian crisis, Interfax news agency quoted Deputy Foreign Minister Gennady Gatilov as saying Friday.
Bangladesh Islamists call strike to protest against party chief's death sentence
Bangladesh's largest Islamist party Friday called a nationwide dawn-to-dusk strike for Monday to protest against the death sentence handed over to its chief in a 10-truck arms haul case.
Syria peace talks conclude with no concrete progress
The Syria peace talks concluded on Friday with no concrete progress, UN-Arab League Special Envoy to Syria Lakhdar Brahimi said.
Gunmen from Lebanon kill 7 in Syria border town
Seven people were killed Friday in a border Syrian town by rebels infiltrating from neighboring Lebanon, the official SANA news agency reported.
Israeli soldiers wound 26 Palestinians in demonstration
Israeli soldiers opened fire Friday and wounded 20 Palestinians in the West Bank and 6 in the Gaza Strip during clashes with Palestinian protestors, medical officials and witnesses said.
Syrian defense minister visits military posts in Aleppo
Syria's Minister of Defense Fahed Jassem al-Furaij on Friday visited a number of military posts in the country's northern province of Aleppo, according to the state- run SANA news agency.
Food delivered to besieged refugee camp in Syria's capital
Around 980 food parcels were delivered on Friday into a besieged Palestinian refugee camp in the capital Damascus, the official SANA news agency reported.
UN relief chief frustrated by ending of Syria talks without accord on humanitarian access
Valerie Amos, the UN under- secretary-general for humanitarian affairs, on Friday said that she was deeply frustrated and disappointed that the Geneva II talks concluded earlier in the day without an agreement on humanitarian pauses to bring relief to hundreds of thousands of people blockaded in towns and cities in war-torn Syria.