The US and Russia have agreed on a “cessation of hostilities” between the Syrian government and groups fighting it in a deal that excludes the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) group and the al-Nusra Front.

A suicide bomber targeting a police commander has killed at least 13 people, including nine civilians, in Afghanistan’s northern Parwan province, an official said.

A string of suicide bombings near a Shia shrine outside Syria’s capital and in Homs claimed by the militant Islamic State (IS) group killed more than 150 people Sunday, as Washington and Moscow worked to secure a ceasefire.

The outstanding Iranian Sunni leader alluded to the start of election campaign in Iran, and called on candidates and their supporters to take care of Islamic ethical codes.

More than 700 Palestinians are currently being held byIsrael without being charged or put on trial, the Palestinian Prisoners Club said today.

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Addressing in the inaugural ceremony of the 17th national book fair in Zahedan, the leading Iranian Sunni leader termed ‘book’ the biggest wealth of mankind’.

A car bomb detonated in the Turkish capital Wednesday near vehicles carrying military personnel, killing at least 28 people and wounding at least 61 others, officials said.

The Syrian government has approved access to seven besieged areas and UN convoys are expected to travel to them within days, the United Nations said after crisis talks in Damascus.

Dozens of Afghan soldiers and policemen have been killed in the southern province of Helmand since Sunday as the Taliban presses an in one of its heartlands, officials said.