The main Syrian opposition bloc has said it will send a small delegation to talk with UN officials in Geneva, where the United Nations on Friday started peace talks, but said it wanted to discuss humanitarian issues before engaging in political negotiations.

The Afghan Taliban will participate in the ongoing peace talks only if their conditions, which include the removal of their members from a UN blacklist, are met, the armed group’s representatives have said.

A rocket fired by militants in the Palestinian Gaza Strip enclave hit southern Israel on Sunday without causing casualties or damage, the Israeli army said.

Alluding to disqualification of thousands of candidates for the Majlis general elections by the Guardian Council in Iran, Shaikh Abdol-Hamid urged ‘foresight’ of this entity can make the nation more united bringing them to the scene.

Tunisia’s Prime Minister Habib Essid held an emergency cabinet meeting Saturday, after authorities declared a nighttime curfew nationwide following the worst outbreak of social unrest since the 2011 revolution.

An Israeli security guard has shot dead a 13-year-old Palestinian girl during an alleged stabbing attempt outside the Almon settlement in the occupied West Bank, situated near Jerusalem.

At least 30 people were killed in air raids carried out by Russian or Syrian warplanes near the city of Deir al-Zor in eastern Syria on Friday, a group monitoring the war said.

A Taliban suicide car bomber has targeted a van carrying employees working for a private Afghan television channel, killing seven people during evening rush hour close to the Russian embassy.

Russian air strikes, which began in September 2015, have killed at least 1,000 people, including over 300 children, monitoring groups said.

Police in Tajikistan have shaved nearly 13,000 men’s beards and closed more than 160 shops selling traditional Muslim clothing last year as part of the country’s fight against what it calls “foreign” influences.