Air attacks by Syrian and Russian military aircraft have killed at least eight people in the northern region of Idlib in the last two days,

At least four Afghan security forces and a US service member have been killed in two separate attacks claimed by the Taliban as violence continues across Afghanistan despite efforts to end the 18-year war.

A U.K.-based rights group has accused the Bashar al-Assad regime and Russian forces of killing hundreds of civilians in Idlib city of Syria over past few weeks.

At least 19 civilians were killed and scores injured in attacks by Syrian regime forces and Russia on de-escalation zones in northern Syria

Tunisian Prime Minister Youssef Chahed has banned the wearing of the niqab – a full-face veil – in public institutions with immediate effect, citing security reasons.

Israeli warplanes have fired missiles targeting Syrian military positions in Homs and the Damascus outskirts in Syria in an attack that killed at least four civilians and wounded another 21, Syrian state media said.

Egypt’s ousted president Mohammed Morsi on Monday collapsed during a court session and died, state television reported.

The Palestinian Ministry of Health in Gaza said that 46 protesters were injured by the Israeli occupation army’s gunfire while taking part in the Great March of Return on Friday.

Protests erupted on Sunday after Israeli forces entered the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound along with hundreds of ultra-nationalist Jews whom they allowed to access the compound on Jerusalem Day – when Israelis celebrate the anniversary of their occupation of East Jerusalem at the end of the 1967 Arab-Israeli war.

Syrian rescue workers and activists say government warplanes have bombed the last rebel-held stronghold in the country again