Iran’s ambassador to the UN says Israel is the only obstacle to the creation of a nuclear-free Middle East. Gholamhossein Dehghani made the comment in an address to the Nuclear Disarmament Commission of the UN General Assembly.

Yemen’s Ansarullah fighters and allied army units have killed dozens of Saudi-led militants operating in their country. Media reports say Yemeni forces attacked a military training camp in Jawf province, killing 70 of the foreign militants and injuring some 100 others.

The French minister for women’s rights has sparked outrage by comparing Muslim women who wear the Islamic veil to "negroes who accepted slavery".

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad says the transitional government in his country should include independent forces, the opposition and forces loyal to the government.

Russia says Iran’s recent ballistic missile tests do not violate a United Nations resolution adopted last July.

Syria’s President Bashar al-Assad says his government has shown flexibility in the ongoing peace talks in Switzerland.

The Syrian army presses on with an offensive to push Daesh out of yet another central town after seizing the ancient city of Palmyra.

British media have revealed that the US Central Intelligence Agency took naked photos of alleged terror suspects before sending them to its foreign partners for torture.

An EgyptAir domestic flight from Alexandria to the capital Cairo has been hijacked and forced to head towards Cyprus.

US officials say the FBI has successfully accessed data stored on an encrypted iPhone used by one of the San Bernardino mass shooters.